Wadsworth, J.

1. The appellant is a creditor acting on behalf of and in the name of the Official Receiver in the insolvency of one Kumarappa Chetti. Kumarappa Chettis grand-father many years ago on the occasion of the marriage of his son; the husband of the present respondent 1, received from respondent 1s family a deposit of the amount of her stridhanam. Following the usual Nattukottai Chetti practice, this money was left in the firm of the father-in-law to accumulate interest for the benefit of the bride and her offspring. The proprietor of the firm and both his sons having died, the insolvent Kumarappa became the proprietor of the firm and continued to hold this deposit along with other moneys of the business. There can be no doubt in the circumstances of the case that when he succeeded to the management of the family firm he must have been fully acquainted with the circumstances in which this deposit was made. A suit was filed for the return of the deposit with accumulated interest. It resulted in a compromise decree. The judgment-debtor having become an insolvent, the Official Receiver moved the trial Court under Sections 19 and 21 of the Madras Act of 1938 to amend the