Index: src/org/python/core/PyJavaType.java
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--- src/org/python/core/PyJavaType.java	(revision 6432)
+++ src/org/python/core/PyJavaType.java	(working copy)
@@ -420,10 +420,11 @@
                 // up, it'll be rejected below
                 if (prop.setMethod == null) {
                     prop.setMethod = superProp.setMethod;
-                } else if (superProp.myType == prop.setMethod.getParameterTypes()[0]) {
-                    // Otherwise, we must not have a get method. Only take a get method if the type
-                    // on it agrees with the set method we already have. The bean on this type
-                    // overrides a conflicting one o the parent
+                } else if (prop.getMethod == null
+                           && superProp.myType == prop.setMethod.getParameterTypes()[0]) {
+                    // Only take a get method if the type on it agrees with the set method
+                    // we already have. The bean on this type overrides a conflicting one
+                    // of the parent
                     prop.getMethod = superProp.getMethod;
                     prop.myType = superProp.myType;
                 }
Index: tests/java/org/python/tests/Child2.java
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--- tests/java/org/python/tests/Child2.java	(revision 0)
+++ tests/java/org/python/tests/Child2.java	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package org.python.tests;
+
+public class Child2 extends Parent {
+
+    public String getValue() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setValue(String value) {
+        this.value = "Child2 " + value;
+    }
+}
Index: Lib/test/test_java_integration.py
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--- Lib/test/test_java_integration.py	(revision 6432)
+++ Lib/test/test_java_integration.py	(working copy)
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 from javax.swing.tree import TreePath
 
 from org.python.core.util import FileUtil
-from org.python.tests import BeanImplementation, Child, Listenable, CustomizableMapHolder
+from org.python.tests import BeanImplementation, Child, Child2, Listenable, CustomizableMapHolder
 from org.python.tests.mro import (ConfusedOnGetitemAdd, FirstPredefinedGetitem, GetitemAdder)
 
 class InstantiationTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@
         c.id = 16
         self.assertEquals(16, c.id)
 
+    def test_inheriting_half_bean_issue1333(self):
+        # http://bugs.jython.org/issue1333
+        c = Child2()
+        self.assertEquals("blah", c.value)
+        c.value = "bleh"
+        self.assertEquals("Child2 bleh", c.value)
+
     def test_awt_hack(self):
         # We ignore several deprecated methods in java.awt.* in favor of bean properties that were
         # addded in Java 1.1.  This tests that one of those bean properties is visible.