1. The plaintiff is the appellant before us. The facts out of which this appeal arises may be stated as follows: Defendant 1 is the natural son of the plaintiff, but adopted by his cousin. Defendant 1 obtained a decree on an unregistered mortgage bond which therefore operated as a mere money bond for a sum of Rs. 1,600 which now amounts to Rs. 3,000 in O. S. No. 141 of 1923. He applied for attachment of certain properties of defendants 2, 3 and 4 situated at Thetagunta. The attachment was ordered on 21st September 1927. But on 20th September, the preceding day, the properties whose attachment was sought were sold by Ex. A to the plaintiff for Rs. 9,000, The consideration for the sale deed consisted of (1) a sum of Rs. 4,931-1-9 due to the vendee on two mortgage documents dated 13th March 1922 and 8th December 1923, Exs. D and E-1; (2) Rs. 103-3-4 due on a promissory note to the vendee; (3) Rs. 3,800 intended for discharging (a) the debt due to the Rani of Tuni under a mortgage dated 5th March 1913, Ex. G, and (b) the debt due to China Talrazu and others under a mortgage deed dated 8th December 1923, and also (c) a decree debt due to one Malrazu Ramaswami who has also obtain