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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM
Venkatesh H.L. S/o Late L. Lingappa – Appellant
Versus
Rangaswamy S/o Late Linganna – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SACHIN SHANKAR MAGADUM, J.
1. This captioned appeal is by the unsuccessful plaintiff, who has questioned the rejection of plaint by the trial Court exercising the provisions of Order VII Rule 11 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The trial Court rejected the plaint on the ground that the plaintiff has failed to make out a cause of action and also that plaint is barred by limitation. Rejection of the plaint is challenged by the unsuccessful plaintiff.
2. For the sake of brevity, parties are referred to as per their ranking before the Trial Court.
3. Although the plaintiff has not furnished a formal genealogical tree, a reading of the plaint averments reveals that the suit property was originally granted to one Mallappa, the propositus of the family. It is pleaded that Mallappa had three sons, namely, Ningappa, Hanumanthappa, and Ramaiah. The plaintiff claims to belong to the branch of Ningappa, who is said to be his grandfather. It is further stated that Ningappa had a son named Lingappa, and the plaintiff is the son of said Lingappa. Thus, the plaintiff asserts his lineage and co- parcenary interest in the suit property through the male line descending from the original grantee
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