JUDGMENT :

VENUTHURUMALLI GOPALA KRISHNA RAO, J.

This second appeal is filed aggrieved against the judgment and decree dated 14-9-2018 in A.S.No.34 of 2013 on the file of the I Additional District Judge, Kurnool, Kurnool District, confirming the judgment and decree dated 01-5-2008 in O.S.No.717 of 2004 on the file of the Principal Junior Civil Judge, Kurnool.

2. The appellant herein is the 2^nd defendant, the 1^st respondent is the plaintiff and respondents 2 and 3 are defendants 1 and 3 in O.S.No.717 of 2004 on the file of the Principal Junior Civil Judge, Kurnool.

3. The plaintiff initiated action in O.S.No.717 of 2004 on the file of the Principal Junior Civil Judge, Kurnool, with a prayer for partition and separate possession of 1/8^th share of the plaintiff in the suit schedule properties and for costs of the suit.

4. The learned Principal Junior Civil Judge, Kurnool, decreed the suit with costs, by passing a preliminary decree granting 1/8^th share in the suit schedule properties to the plaintiff. Felt aggrieved of the same, the unsuccessful 2^nd defendant in the above said suit filed the aforesaid appeal suit before the first appellate Court. The learned I Additional District Judge, Ku