( 1 ) A. S. Nos. 65, 66 and 67 of 1957 are filed against the judgments and decrees in O. S. No. 72/53, O. S. No. 22/55 and 51/55 respectively on the file of the District Court, Eluru; C. M. A. No. 50/57 is filed against the order of the District Court. Eluru in I. A. No. 873/56 in I. P. No. 8/55 on its file.

( 2 ) THE appellants are the same in all the appeals. The three suits and the application were tried together and the lower court gave a common judgment in all the four cases. The plaintiffs and the defendants 2 and 3 in the three suits are the same. The 1st defendant each suit is a creditor of the 2nd defendant and obtained a decree against the 2nd defendant for recovery of certain sums of money. The second defendant was adludicated as an insolvent in I. A. No. 873/ 56 is the official Receiver and the 2nd defendant in each of the three suits is the 1st respondent in it. The plaintiffs in the three suits are the respondents 2to 5 in I. A. 873/ 53. O. S. 72/53 is the suit filed by the plaintiffs to declare that they are entitled to a sum of Rs. 3, 089- 9- 6 being the value of the crops in the plaint schedule lands realised by the Receiver appointed in O. S. No. 432/ 5