JUDGMENT :

The plaintiffs in O.S.No.108 of 1989 on the file of the Court of the learned Senior Civil Judge, Machilipatnam, Krishna District are the appellants. The defendants therein are the respondents.

2. The suit was laid for partition of the plaint schedule properties into four (04) equal shares and to allot one such share to the original plaintiffs 1 and 2 and the original defendants 1 and 2.

3. The 1st appellant was the father of the 2nd appellant, respondents 1 and 2 and Sri Srimannarayana Murthy. The wife of the 1st appellant died long ago. They have three daughters too, who were all married by the date of institution of the suit.

4. During pendency of the suit, the 1st appellant died. So also the 2nd respondent. The appellants 3 and 4 were brought on record as L.Rs.of the deceased 1st appellant in the course of trial and the respondent No.6 being the alleged legatee under the Will of the deceased 1st appellant. Similarly, the respondents 3 to 5 were brought on record as L.Rs.of the 2nd respondent during trial. The respondents 7 and 8 were brought on record being the legal representatives of the 6th respondent and appellants 3 and 4 are also L.Rs.of the 6th respondent, who was