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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA, DHARWAD BENCH
Ashok S.Kinagi
B.K.Basavaraj – Appellant
Versus
Santosh S/O. Laxmappa Kollar – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Ashok S. Kinagi, J.
1. These Appeals and Cross Objection arise out of the Judgment and preliminary decree dated 22.07.2019, passed in O.S.No.63/2016 by the learned Principal Senior Civil Judge and JMFC, Mudhol (for short ‘the trial Court’)
2. For convenience, the parties are referred to, based on their rankings before the Trial Court as per RFA No.100433/2019. The appellants were defendant Nos.9 and 10, Respondent No.1 was the plaintiff, and the other respondents were the other defendants.
3. Brief facts, leading rise to the filing of these appeals and the cross objection are as follows:
3.1 The plaintiff filed a suit against the defendants for a partition and separate possession. It is the case of the plaintiff, one Yamanappa Kolar was the original propositus. He had a wife by name Yallavva. Yamanappa had three sons, namely Hanmappa, Ramappa, Laxmappa. Defendant No. 1 and 2 are the wife and son of Hanamappa Kollar, Defendant No. 3 and 4 are the wife and daughter of Ramappa Kollar and Defendants No. 5 to 8 and the plaintiff are the legal heirs of Laxmappa Kollar. Yamanappa died on 13.08.1976, and his wife died, subsequently. The sons of Yamanappa died on 30.10.1990, 21.08.199
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