Judgement

RAMASWAMI. J. :- This appeal is brought by certificate from the judgment of the Mysore High Court dated December 5, 1960 in R. A No. 81 of 1956.

2. The appellants and respondent No. 4 are the daughters and legal representatives of Savoy Ranganna who was the plaintiff in O. S. 34 of 1950-51 instituted in the court of the District Judge, Mysore. The suit was filed by the deceased plaintiff for partition of his share in the properties mentioned in the schedule to the plaint and for granting him separate possession of the same. Respondent No. 1 is the brother s son of the plaintiff. The relationship of the parties would appear from the following pedigree :

The case of the plaintiff was that he and the defendants lived together as members of a Joint Hindu family till January 7 1951, plaintiff being the karta. The plaintiff had no male issue but had only four daughters, Chikka Rangamma. Putta Rangamma, Rangathayamma and Chinnathayamma. The first 2 daughters were widows. The fourth daughter Chinnathayamma was living with her husband. Except Chinnathayamma, the other daughters with their families had been living with the joint family. The plaintiff became ill and entered Sharda Nu