SATYANARAYANA RAO, J. :- The plaintiffs, whose suit for recovery of possession of the plaint schedule mentioned house after setting aside the alienation made by their father in favour of defendant 3s husband, Palepu Subbarao, was dismissed, are the appellants in this appeal.

2. One Pachigolla Venkataswami had three sons, Ramaiah, Subbarao and Veeraraghavaiah. He acquired considerable movable and immovable properties, in Bezwada and carried on business there. He died on 20-9-1896. After his death the business, started in the name of the father, was continued by the sons and at that time Viraraghavaiah was a minor. Ramaiah and Subbarao carried on business under different names after the death of the father. There was a business in the names of Ramaiah and Godavarti Venkataratnam and yet another in the name of Ramaiah jointly with Parepalli Purushottam and others.

On 13-8-1904, even during the minority of Veeraraghavaiah,, by reason of misunderstandings that arose between the members of the family, they agreed to partition their joint family properties with the help of mediators, and in that partition the minor Veeraraghavaiah was represented by their mother Pullamma.

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