Varadachariar, J.

1. Appeal No. 119 of 1933 : - This appeal arises out of a suit instituted for obtaining a declaration that certain transactions entered into by plaintiff 1 were void and for incidental reliefs. In the Court below, plaintiffs attacked three transactions evidenced by Exs. H, J and I. The lower Court dismissed the plaintiffs suit. Plaintiff 1 died pending the suit and the other two plaintiffs filed this appeal against the decree of dismissal. In the appeal the attack had been confined to Exs. H and I. Plaintiff 2 died during the pendency of the appeal and his legal representatives who were in the first instance added as respondents have since been transposed as appellants to continue the appeal along with plaintiff 3.

2. Plaintiff 1 was the father and plaintiffs 2 and 3 were his sons. Starting with little or no means, plaintiff 1 seems to have earned substantial sum by working for a number of years in Rangoon and he acquired some immovable properties both in Rangoon and in the Chingleput District here. About the middle of 1927, when he was about 58 years old, plaintiff 1 is said to have developed symptoms of unsoundness of mind. The exact nature of his malady w