Anand Byrareddy, J.

The present appeal is filed by the defendants in a testamentary suit. The parties shall be referred to by their rank before the Trial Court.

2. The first plaintiff was the sister-in-law of the defendants. Plaintiff No. 2 was the son of Plaintiff No. 1. Plaintiff No. 3 was the minor daughter of the first plaintiff who is said to have died during the pendency of the appeal. It was the case of the plaintiffs, namely the respondents 1 and 2 herein that Respondent No. 1 was the legally wedded wife of S.L. Vijay Kumar who was the brother of the present appellants and that the marriage of the first plaintiff with S.L. Vijay Kumar was performed on 11.2.1981 at St. Johns Evangelist Church, at Bangalore. In the wedlock, it is claimed that the first plaintiff gave birth to the second plaintiff and the third plaintiff The husband of the first plaintiff namely S.L. Vijay Kumar was said to be working as a Senior Telephone Operator at the Telecom Exchange at Bangalore and he had retired and was a pensioner. It transpires that he had taken ill and he was admitted to the Manipal Hospital for treatment. It was at that stage that the present appellants - defendants are sai