JUDGMENT

Asutosh Mookerjee, J. - The subject-matter of the litigation which has led up to these appeals is a valuable estate which formed at one time the property of Gadadhar Ghose, the maternal grandfather of the plaintiffs. The relationship between the parties is set out in the following genealogical table:--

                                         Gadadhar Ghose,                                   died before 4th March 1862,                                          M. Drabamayi,                                      died 29th October 1878                                                |                                 Rudreswari, died 7th December 1905,                             M. Maheshchandra Bose, died 14th April 1900                                                 |             ____________________________________|_____________________________________             |                       |                 |               |              |        Pramatha,                  Pranah,          Prakriti,       Pramod,       Pragnan,        plaintiff                 plaintiff         plaintiff      plaintiff      plaintiff         No. 1.                    No. 2.             No. 3.