A.V. Ramakrishna Pillai, J.

1. The legal representatives of the deceased 2nd defendant in the original suit are in appeal. The respondents are the legal representatives of the deceased 1st plaintiff, plaintiffs 2 & 3 and defendants 3 & 5-11 in the original suit.

2. The suit was filed by deceased Aravindakshan Nair (the 1st plaintiff) along with respondents 1 and 2 herein for recovery of the possession of the property. In the plaint, it was alleged that the plaint schedule property belonged to the 1st defendant and her brother, Sankunni Nair, as per a sale deed No.2218/1117 M.E. After the death of Sankunni Nair, the legal heirs of Sankunni Nair assigned half right over the said property, which they inherited from Sankunni Nair, to Kunhikavamma, who is the mother of defendants 1 to 4. The 1st defendant and Kunhikkavamma became the co-owners of the plaint schedule property. One Kunkumath Parangodan Nair, who was the predecessor in interest of the plaintiffs, took the plaint schedule property on lease on 24.10.1121. Though the lease was for a period of one year, he continued the tenancy on the same terms and conditions. After the death of Parangodan Nair, the suit property was pa