JUDGEMENT :- This appeal by the plaintiff is directed against the judgement and decree passed by the learned Additional District Judge, Manipur, in C. A. Case No. 23/71/19 of 1971.

2. The plaintiffs case is that the suit land measuring 2.98 acres of patta No. 67/217-I.W.T. (old) corresponding to patta No. 67/86 (new) of the same tahsil, belonged to Tombi Singh, late husband of the plaintiff. Tombi Singh died in 1955, leaving behind his wife Ibetombi Devi, the plaintiff, and three daughters, defendant Nos. 5 to 7. The plaintiff alleges that she inherited the land from her husband and was in continuous possession thereof. Her husband was lying ill for about 5/6 years. During that time Mutum Kwaklei Singh, a local physician who was a close friend of Tombi Singh, attended him. He was also entrusted with the management of the land. The plaintiff further alleges that Kwaklei Singh used to manage the property even after the death of Tombi Singh. The suit land was let out to defendant No. 1 on payment of 16 pots of paddy per year for about four years. Kwaklei Singh died in October, 1969, leaving his wife, defendant No. 2, and two sons, defendant Nos. 3 and 4 and a daughter defendan