Sadasiva Aiyar, J.

1. The defendants Nos. 1 to 4 are the appellants. The suit was brought upon two promissory notes, Exhibits D and E, executed by one Venkatachallam Pillai on the 9th October 1903 for Rs. 1,490, and on the 3rd October 1903 for Rs. 725 respectively. This Venkatachallam Pillai was the 5th defendant in the case, His lagal representatives (defendants Nos. 6 to 9; were brought on the record but they were exonerated by the judgment of the Court of first instance. They were not made parties either in the lower Appellate Court or in the second appeal to this Court. The liability of the executant, Venkatachallam Pillai, and his heirs need not, therefore, be directly dealt with in this second appeal.

2. The only question remaining in the suit is, therefore, whether the defendants Nos. 1 to 4 are liable on those two promissory notes, Exhibits D and E, executed by Venkatachallam Pillai. The sacoad promissory note, Exhibit H), was executed mainly for the interest due for three years on the first promissory note, Exhibit D. On calculation I fitil that of the Rs. 725 mentioned in this promissory note Exhibit E, nearly Rs. 630 is the amount of interest on Exhibit D, and the