Kunhacha Umma vs Kutti Mammi Hajee on 13 December, 1892
The former was a case of gift by a Marumakkatayam donor to his nieces with no apt words to express an absolute estate and Kunhacha Umma v. Kutti Mammi Haji (1892) ILR 16 M 201 : 2 MLJ 226 was followed by Kumaraswarmi Sastri, J., whose judgment was upheld in Letters Patent Appeal No. 19 of 1916. The other case was one of a bequest. in which the words ' with absolute rights of alienation ' were used and it was there held that the legatee took an absolute estate.