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V. GOPALA KRISHNA RAO
Burla Vijayalakshmamma – Appellant
Versus
Biradavolu Balarami Reddy – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
V. Gopala Krishna Rao, J.
1. This Appeal, under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure [for short 'the C.P.C.'], is filed by the Appellants/defendants 1 to 3 challenging the Decree and Judgment, dated 23.02.1996, in O.S. No. 144 of 1987 passed by the learned Subordinate Judge, Nellore [for short 'the trial Court']. The Respondents herein are the plaintiff and defendants 4 to 9 in the said Suit.
2. The respondent No. 1/plaintiff filed a Suit for recovery of a sum of Rs. 1,54,000/-from the defendants 1 to 3 as damages towards market value of the property which he lost through process of law or in the alternative directing the defendants 4, 6 to 9 to pay the same with subsequent interest thereon and for costs of the suit.
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. 144 of 1987, are as under:
The plaintiff and the 5th defendant and one Biradavolu Ramachandra Reddy, father of the 4th defendant are brothers. The father of the 1st defendant and the maternal grand father of defendants 2 and 3 by name Katamreddy Sundararami Reddy sold vacant site of 40 ankanams covered by C.A.S. N
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