Alfred Henry Lionel Leach, C.J.

1. This appeal arises out of a suit filed by the appellant to recover possession of certain lands situate in the Guntur District On the 16th May of 1916 the first respondent, who is the head of a math, granted to one Nagamma a lease for ten years of the lands described in schedule A of the plaint. These lands were held on behalf of the deity of the math under an inam said to have been granted in 1763. For many years they had been cultivated by Nagammas husband, who was dead when the lease to her was granted. During the pendency of the lease Nagamma adopted Bapanayya, the husband of the appellant. Nagamma died before the lease expired and on her death Bapanayya took possession of the lands. He had no issue and on his death in 1924 the appellant, who was then a minor, entered into possession as his heir. She remained in possession after the expiration of the lease and was regarded by the first respondent as a tenant holding over.

2. On the 24th January, 1930, the first respondent filed a suit against the appellant in the Court of the Subordinate Judge of Bapatla, for a decree for possession and mesne profits. On the 1st August, 1930, the suit was