Alfred Henry Lionel Leach, C.J.

1. This appeal raises a question with regard to the powers of a ," grandfather when he effects a partition between himself, his son and the sons of a I deceased son. There are other questions involved in the appeal and in order to appreciate them it is necessary to state in some detail the claim set out in the plaint, the pleas advanced by the defendants and the course of events in the Courts below.

2. The following pedigree shows the relationship between the parties:

Ekollu Boyi Reddi ________________________|____________________________ | | Chenchuraghava Reddi (d. 1917) subbareddi ___________|_______________________________ | | (By first wife) (Subbarami (By second wife Kamalammal third Reddi, plaintiff). defendant). _________________________|___________________ | | Subbareddi (d. in 1931) (Married Chenchuraghava subbamma, the 2nd defendant). Reddi (1st defendant)

3. In 1923 the joint family consisted of Boyi Reddi, his second son Subbareddi, and the three sons of his elder son Chenchuraghava Reddi, who had died in 1917. By his first wife Chenchuraghava Reddi had one son (the plaintiff), and by his second wife he had two sons, one of whom died