PUNNAYYA, J.

( 1 ) THE appellant is the plaintiff. He lost the suit, which he filed for rendition of the accounts of the dissolved partnership of the first defendant by the second defendant and for an account being taken regarding the plaintiffs share of net assets and profits to be paid by the second defendant or in the alternative for dissolution of the defendant-firm and rendition of accounts by the second defendant and for a direction to pay the plaintiffs share of assets and profits.

( 2 ) THE plaintiff, the second defendant and seven others entered into an agreement. Ex. B-1, on 16-5-1949 to construct a cinema hall at Gopinthapuram near Tekkali in Srikakulam District under the name and style as "gowri Shankar Talkies" and to do joint cinema business with a total share capital of Rs. 1,04,500-00. Later on, a partnership deed under Ex. B-2 dated 18-8-1951 was entered into by 9 partners, namely, (1) Sri Chennuru Sambasiva Rao (D-2), (2) Chennuru Ramarao (Plaintiff), (3) S. Iswarappa Chowdary, (4) L. Kameswara Rao, (D-3), (5) P. Lakshminarasamma, (6) Chennuru Lakshmana Murthy. (7) M. Appa Rao (D-4) (8) s. Suryanarayana (D-5) and (9) T. Tulasidas. According to the terms of Ex. B-2