Ramesam, J.

1. This second appeal arises out of a suit by one Ramu Tevar to recover certain properties of which he had been appointed trustee by their owner Nilambal Achi, who endowed them for puja and other purposes of Sri Sundaramurthi Swami. Nilambal Achi died on the 28th of May, 1923. The plaintiff alleges that he was managing the properties on behalf of Nilambal Achi during her life-time and continued to be in possession after her death. He leased them to the 3rd defendant on the 9th of June, 1923. Defendants 1 and 2 prevented the 3rd defendant from obtaining possession. They claimed to be reversioners to the estate of Nilambal Achis father Appa Pillai, after Nilambal Achis death. But the 2nd defendant sold his share of the property to the 1st defendant and has no further interest in this suit. The 1st defendant contended that on Appa Pillais death his two widows, Thayyamuthu Achi and Kamalathachi, succeeded to his estate, that after their death the estate devolved upon their daughters, Nilambal Achi and Palanivelu Achi, and after the death of Palanivelu Achi, Nilambal Achi became the sole owner and that on her death on the 28th of May, 1923, defendants 1 and 2, the rev