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V. GOPALA KRISHNA RAO
Kambhampati Bhaskara Seshachala Srinivas, S/o. Venkata Rama Krishna Prabhakara Rao – Appellant
Versus
Devarakonda Maha Lakshmi @ Indira, W/o. late Venkata Anjaneya Seshachala Bhaskara Rao – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
V.Gopala Krishna Rao, J.
This Appeal, under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure [for short ‘the C.P.C.’], is filed by the Appellant/plaintiff challenging the Decree and Judgment, dated 24.04.2000, in O.S. No.65 of 1994 passed by the learned Senior Civil Judge, Narsapur [for short ‘the trial Court’]. The Respondents herein are the defendants in the said Suit.
2. The appellant/plaintiff filed a Suit for declaration of plaintiff’s title to the plaint schedule property, for possession of the same, for past profits to a tune of Rs.9,000/- and for future profits from defendants 1 to 3.
3. Both the parties in the Appeal will be referred to as they are arrayed before the trial Court.
4. The brief averments of the plaint, in O.S. No.65 of 1994, are as under:
Plaint A schedule property was originally belonged to one Devarakonda Suramma. It was her Sthridhana property. She had only one daughter by name Kameswari. Kameswari was married to one K.Seshachalam. Kameswari and Seshachalam begot two sons namely Venkata Anjaneya Seshachala Bhaskara Rao, who is the husband of first defendant, and Khambhampati Venkata Rama Krishna Prabhakara Rao, who is the 4th defendant herein. Suramma adopt
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