Venkataramana Rao, J.

1. This is an appeal from the decree of the Court of the Subordinate Judge of Tanjore awarding a sum of Rs. 12,942-8-3 in favour of the plaintiff. The suit was to recover arrears of rent on the basis of a lease, Ex. B, dated 25th December, 1920, executed by the first defendant in favour of one Seethalakshmi Ammal, the then proprietrix of Kapisthalam estate and the second and third defendants are the undivided father and brother of the first defendant. The said lease was to run for ten faslis commencing from Fasli 1333 to Fasli 1342. The lands comprised in the lease were about 59 acres 37 cents in the village of Sathyamangalam. Subsequent to the execution of this lease, on the 23rd September, 1925, the said Seethalakshmi Ammal gave a lease Ex. A in favour of the plaintiff of the whole of the Sathyamangalam village including the lands which had been leased under the prior lease of 1920. The latter lease was for ten faslis from Fasli 1335 to Fasli 1344 and was to commence from Fasli 1335. The document was executed by the plaintiff in favour of Seethalakshmi Ammal. Not only did it comprise the lands which were the subject-matter of the lease of 1920, it als