Ramesam, J.

1. This Second Appeal arises out of a suit for partition. The plaintiff is the son of the 1st defendant by the latters first wife. The 2nd defendant is the son of the 1st defendant by his second wife. The 3rd defendant is the widow of a predeceased brother of the 1st defendant. The 1st defendant: has four daughters by his second wife, of whom the first had been married before and the others were all unmarried at the filing of the plaint. The eldest of these was married while the suit was pending before the District Munsif about four months before his judgment, and the other two still remain unmarried. The seventh issue in the case runs thus:

To what provision, if any, is 1st defendant entitled for marriages of his unmarried daughters?

2. The District Munsif found that the 1st defendant spent Rs. 2,000 including dowry and expenses for the marriage during the pendency of the suit, and that the 1st defendant was entitled to one-third share from the plaintiff. Similarly he fixed Rs. 2,000 for each of the marriages of the remaining two girls to be married and the plaintiffs one-third share was charged on his share of the property. There was an appeal by the defendant an