Varadachariar, J.

1. This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, who sued in the lower Court for the recovery of certain properties or in the alternative, for partition. The first plaintiff has admittedly been a lunatic since 1920. The second plaintiff is his son, born in March, 1924. The third plaintiff is another son, born pending the suit. The first plaintiffs father (Krishna Josier) died on the 26th of September, 1923, leaving him surviving (besides the first plaintiff) two daughters who are defendants 1 and 2 in the case. The third and fourth defendants respectively are their husbands.

2. In view of first plaintiffs unfortunate condition, Krishna Josier, who was possessed of a decent extent of property, was naturally anxious to make some satisfactory arrangement for the management of his property after his death. His first attempt in this direction was Ex. A a will dated 6th of July, 1920. The first plaintiff had then an infant son about a year old, and the scheme of Ex. A is based on that circumstance. That child died sometime later, and to add to the misfortune of the parties, relations between Krishna Josier and first plaintiffs father-in-law became strained, so much so that