SREENIVAS HARISH KUMAR, J.

The defendants in O.S.100/1997 on the file of Senior Civil Judge, Chikmagalur, have preferred this appeal challenging the judgment and decree dated 9.8.2003. The suit is for partition. The relationship between the parties are shown in the genealogy given as below :-

GENEALOGY TREE IN R.F.A No. 1396/2003
Thimma Shetty (dead)
Puttamma (dead)			Lakkamma (Hucchas Shetty 1st Husband) (dead) – (Plaintiff No. 1)
First Wife			Second Wife
Lakshmaana Shetty (Son) (Defendant No.1)			Siddamma (Daughter) (Plaintiff No. 2)	Neelaamma (Daughter) (Plaintiff No. 3)
Mohan Kumar (Defendant No. 2)	Paramesh (Defendant No. 3)	Lokesh (Defendant No. 4)

2. The first plaintiff Lakkamma is the second wife of the propositus namely Thimma Shetty. Before marrying Thimma Shetty, the first plaintiff had a husband by name Hucha Shetty. After the death of Hucha Shetty, Lakkamma married Thimma Shetty. Plaintiffs 2 and 3 are the daughters of Lakkamma through her second husband Thimma Shetty. The first defendant Lakshmana Shetty i