Ramesam, J.

1. The facts of this second appeal may be stated as follows:

The plaintiffs father Subbarayudu died before 1911 leaving three sons and a widow. The eldest son, defendant 1, was adopted by him. After adoption he had natural-born sons, the plaintiff and defendant 2. His widow is defendant 3. After the fathers death, the two elder sons, namely, defendants 1 and 2, were managing the property, and in the course of their management they had incurred considerable debts. In connexion with such debts suits had been filed against them and defendant 3 and decrees obtained. It is now necessary to mention only two such suits. One is Small Cause Suit No. 1055 of 1919 on the file of the Subordinate Court of Cocanada. The decree in it is Ex. 4. It was obtained on three promissory notes, Exs. 4-C and 4-D of 1917 and Ex. 4-E of 1918. The other papers in connexion with that suit are filed as Exs. 4 series and D series. Another such decree was obtained in S.C.S. No. 1292 of 1919 on the file of the Sub-Court, Cocanada on a promissory note Ex. 3-1 of 1918, which itself was in renewal of another promissory note, Ex. 3-M. The other papers connected with that suit are filed as Ex. 3 serie