After referring to Suraya Bhukta vs Lakhshminarasamma (4) and Chinnasami Pillai vs Kunju Pillai (5), where decisions had been given based on the opinions expressed by Devananda Bliatta in the Smriti Chandrika, the Privy Council observed: "Curiously enough there is no reference in either of the Madras judgments referred to above to a previous decision, Parasara Bhattar vs Rangaraja Bhattar (6) of the same court to which Turner, (1) 8 Pat.L.T. 314; A.I.R. 1927 Pat.(2) 11 Pat.L.T. 6; A.I.R. 1929 Pat.(3) All. (4) Mad.(5) Mad.152 (6) Mad.2. 568 C. J., was also a party.