Raj Kishore Prasad, J.

1. This is an appeal under the Letters Patent, against the judgment of Mr. Justice Misra, affirming the judgment of the Court of appeal below, and dismissing the appeal of defendants 1 to 13, who were the principal defendants.

2. The only question for determination in the present appeal and, which has been canvassed at the bar, is the question of adverse possession.

3. For a proper appraisal and determination of this question, it is necessary to set out briefly the facts:

4. The plaintiffs-respondents, who are landlords, brought the present suit in ejectment, in respect of plot No. 963, under khata No. 299, in village Poiwan. This khata was recorded as bhaoli kasht land of one Kalicharan Singh, after whose death defendants 1 to 3 came in possession thereof. These defendants, representing their family, consisting of defendants 1 to 13, sold the land to defendant No, 14 on the 21st December, 1923. Defendant No. 14, in his turn, sold the disputed land orally to the plaintiffs in 1927 for Rs. 300/-. The plaintiffs case is that they came and remained in possession of the land by virtue of the oral purchase from 1927 till the 26th June, 1947. On the 26th Oc