JUDGMENT

Rachhpal Singh, J. - This is a defendant's second appeal arising out of a suit for possession. The facts which have given rise to the second appeal may briefly be stated as follows : Babu Ram Narain was the owner of two-thirds share in the house in suit. Mt. Ganga Dei was his widow. They had a son, Babu Parshotam Naith, and one daughter, Mt. Nand Rani. Parshotam Nath's wife was Mt. Shama Kunwar. The family was a joint family governed by Mitakshara Law. On the death of Babu Ram Narain, his son Babu Parshotam Nath succeeded to the family estate by right of survivorship. He died in the month of June 1922 when his widow Mt. Shama Kunwar succeeded to the estate as a Hindu female. She died soon after her husband in the month of December 1922, when Mt. Ganga Dei, the mother of Parshotam Nath, the last male-holder of the estate, succeeded as a Hindu female.

2. On 13th April 1923 Mt. Ganga Dei, made a will in favour of her daughter, Mt. Nand Rani. The plaintiffs alleging themselves to be the reversioners of Parshotam Nath, instituted a suit in 1923, and in 1924 they obtained a declaration that the will was invalid. On 17th September 1928, Mt. Ganga Dei died.

3. A few months after her