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U. DURGA PRASAD RAO, SUMATHI JAGADAM
Biradakota Sita Mahalakshmi – Appellant
Versus
Cherukuwada Sambasiva Rao – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SUMATHI JAGADAM, J.
1. This appeal suit is filed, under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 read with Order 41 Rule 1 of C.P.C., against order and decree dated 14.06.2023 passed by the III Additional District Judge, Bhimavaram, in O.S.(SR) No.614 of 2023. The plaintiffs in the suit are the appellants herein.
2. Brief facts that are necessary for disposal of this appeal are as follows:
ii) It is case of the plaintiffs that the suit properties are the ancestral and joint family properties of plaintiffs, defendant Nos.1 and 2 and E.V.Meenakshi Devi and they are entitled to a share in all the suit schedule properties as per succession. The 1st defendant managed the plaint schedule properties till 2017. Later, the 2nd respondent is looking after the plaint schedule properties, as the 1st defendant became sick and bed ridden. The plaintiffs, defendant Nos.1 and 2 and E.V.Meenakshi Devi are in joint and constructive possession of the plaint schedule properties. The plaintiffs came to know that the 1st d
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