WANCHOO, C. J.:-

This is an appeal by Tejraj and another against the judgment and decree of the Civil Judge, Merta, by which the suit of the plaintiffs-appellants was dismissed.

2. The case of the plaintiffs as put forward in the plaint was that they and the defendants were descendants of a common ancestor Jethmal. The admitted pedigree of the parties is as follows:

The plaintiffs went on to say that Jethmal had four houses, the list of which was attached to the plaint. It was also stated that Sohanlals widow had ornaments weighing 25 tolas of gold and 200 tolas of silver, and these were with Mohanlal, and the list of them was also attached as appendix 2.

It was added that Mohanlal was in possession of other properties of Jethmal, the list of which was given in appendix 3. The case of the plaintiffs was that after the death of Jethmal his sons began to live separately, but the property was not divided, and Mohanlal, who was the eldest, was mostly looking alter the property. Various members of the family were in possession of various houses or parts of them.

Lately disputes had arisen between the members of the family, and therefore it became necessary to file the suit. The plai