This appeal is by the plaintiffs and is directed against the judgment and decree passed by the Second Subordinate Judge of Manipur in Title Suit No. 31 of 1965.

2. The original plaintiff Angomjambam Ningol Angom Ongbi Pishak Devi brought a suit for declaration of her title to the suit land measuring 1 B. 3 K. 3 L. described in Schedule I of the plaint, for confirmation of possession or, in the alternative, for recovery of possession, in case she failed to prove her possession. Her case, in brief, is that the suit land belonged to her father, Romon Singh, who was the exclusive owner of the land and who was in possession for more than 25 years till his death about 1924. He died leaving four daughters including herself and the three other daughters having died she was the sole heir to the land in question. In April, 1964, defendants Nos. 1 and 2 trespassed over the land and tried to dispossess her. Then she filed the present suit for the reliefs stated above.

3. Defendants Nos. 1 and 2 are brothers. They have filed a joint written statement. They admit in the written statement that Romon Singh was the owner of the land in suit. Their case is that the patta of Romon Singh was c