Chennai Court January 1946 Judgments

Manda Mahalakshmamma Vs. Mantravadi Suryanarayana Sastri and ors.

Court: Chennai

Reported in: AIR1946Mad294; (1946)1MLJ196

Alfred Henry Lionel Leach, C.J.1. In this appeal the Court is concerned with the succession to the estate of one Tirupathamma who died on the 14th December, 1926. The following genealogical tree will help in the appreciation of the facts. Mantravadi Papayya _____________________|_________________________________ | | Kristnamma Sambayya | | Ramayya Sambayya _____________|_____________________________ | | | | Venkayya=Seshamma Subbarayudu (died Kristiah (died before Nellayya sastri (died on 2-1-1938) before Seshamma's Seshamma's death) (died 29-3-1938). | death) | Sambayy=Tirupathamma Suryanarayana Sastri (plaintiff) (d.3-7-1916). (d.14-12-1926) | An unnamed son (d. 6-10-1916)Sambayya, Tirupathamma's husband, died on the 3rd July, 1916 being succeeded by his widow and his son. The son died on the 6th October, 1916. On the son's death the properties left by Sambayya devolved upon Tirupathamma. She claimed to be entitled to the estate in her own right under a will alleged to have been lef...