Alfred Henry Lionel Leach, C.J.

1. The question which the Court is called upon to decide in this appeal is whether a Hindu widow is bound to maintain out of her husbands estate her husbands widowed daughter when the daughter is without means and her husbands family is unable to support her. The appellant is the widow of one Sadasiva Rao, who died on the 13th January, 1930. The respondent is the daughter of Sadasiva Rao by his first wife, who pre-deceased him. The respondent carried one Rama Rao, who died in the month of May, 1932. Sadasiva Rao was a man of considerable property, but Rama Rao was entirely without means and in consequence Sadasiva Rao was compelled to maintain the respondent and her husband from the time of her marriage up to the time of his death. Rama Rao never acquired property and his family had none. In 1934 the respondent filed a suit in the Court of the District Munsif of Tinnevelly for a decree for maintenance against her step-mother on whom had devolved her fathers estate. The District Munsif held that the widow was bound to maintain her stepdaughter out of Sadasiva Raos property and gave a decree for maintenance at the rate of Rs. 10 per mensem, but