Madras High Court
Koduthi vs Madu on 7 March, 1884
Equivalent citations: (1883)ILR 7MAD321
JUDGMENT Charles A. Turner, Kt., C.J.
1. The Judge finds, as a question of fact, that by custom among the Lingait Goundans of the Wynaad a woman who, after her first husband's death, contracts what is known as an odaveli marriage with another husband, ceases to inherit her husband's estate. There is evidence to warrant this finding and we cannot interfere with it.
2. The petition is dismissed.