Lakshmikanta Jha, J.

1. First Appeal No. 31 of 1947 arises out of Title Suit No. 62 of 1944 in which the plaintiffs seek recovery of 9.34 acres of land as 7 annas 13 gandas and odd from co-sharer landlords. First Appeal No. 278 of 1948 arises out of Title Suit No. 61 of 1944 in which the plaintiffs seek recovery of 5.625 acres of land as 4 annas 10 gandas and odd co-sharer landlords. First Appeal No. 279 of 1948 arises out of Title Suit No. 188 of 1945 in which the plaintiffs seek recovery of 4,375 acres of land as 3 annas 10 gandas and odd co-sharer landlords. Thus the total area in dispute in the three suits is a little less than 20 acres, and the plaintiffs in the three suits thereinafter referred to as the plaintiffs) seek recovery of possession of it from the defendants first party in each suit thereinafter referred to as the defendants) as the next reversioners of one Ramdhan Singh to whom the land in dispute originally belonged.

2. Ramdhan Singh died childless sometime in 1872, leaving behind two widows, Manrup Kuer and Pari Kuer. On his death the widows came in possession of his estate. Manrup Kuer died in 1923 and Pari Kuer in 1933. On the death of the latter succe