JUDGMENT

V. Gopala Krishna Rao, J. - Aggrieved by the Decree and Judgment, dated 10.01.2003, passed in O.S.No.43 of 1997, on the file of the Principal Senior Civil Judge, Ongole, (hereinafter referred to as 'trial Court'), this instant appeal is preferred by defendant Nos.1, 6 to 8 against the plaintiff and other defendants challenging the Decree and Judgment passed by the trial Court.

2. Both the parties in the Appeal will be referred to as they are arrayed in the suit.

3. The plaintiff in O.S.No.43 of 1997 filed the suit against the defendants for claiming the relief of partition of the plaint schedule property into four (4) equal shares and to allot one such share to the plaintiff and for profits.

4. The brief averments of the plaint, filed by the plaintiff in O.S.No.43 of 1997, are as follows:-

The plaintiff is the wife of one Sundara Rami Reddy, who is the brother of 1st defendant; 2nd defendant is the mother of the plaintiff's husband and D1 and 3rd defendant is the son of 1st defendant and 4th defendant is the purchaser of the property from the plaintiff. The plaint schedule property originally belongs to Venkata Subba Reddy who died intestate, long ago and he left behind the pla