Rajamannar, J.

1. The plaintiff, who is the appellant and the first defendant who is the first respondent are the sons of one M.Y.A. Annamalai Chettiar. The plaintiff is the son by the second wife and the first defendant by the first wife. Defendants 2 to 4 are the sons of the first defendant. The fifth defendant is the mother of the plaintiff and the sixth defendant is his sister. Annamalai died on 18th September, 1926. Before his death he executed on 21st August, 1926, a will (Ex. D-I) in and by which, after stating that he owned a money-lending firm in Puttalam and Immovable properties and moveables, etc., in Karaikudi, he appointed two persons as executors and provided that his eldest son, the first defendant, should get Immovable property worth Rs. 35,000 as jeshtabagam from and out of his properties. after his lifetime. He also made certain provisions for his junior wife and others and finally directed that all his remaining moveable and Immovable properties should be taken by his two sons, the plaintiff and the first defendant, in equal. moieties. On the same day he executed a power of attorney in favour of one Lakshmanan Chettiar conferring on him power to sell to an