Ramaprasada Rao, J.-The defendants in O.S.No.47 of 1951 on the file of the Subordinate Judge, Devakottai and the appellants in A.S.No. 16 of 1969 on the file of the District Judge, Ramanathapuram at Madurai are the appellant in this second appeal. The appellants are partly successful in the Courts below. In this long-drawn litigation which is more than 25 years old, the parties have not yet seen the light of their respective rights but are still litigating over it. In the main the suit is one for accounts and the parties belong to the Nagarathar Community. The relevant facts have "been summarised in extenso by the trial Court and to some extent by the learned District Judge. We shall, however, refer to the firms in their contracted forms so as to avoid elongations and to a certain extent confusion. K.T.Rm. was a family firm and A.T.P.L. was its maraldar through whom the funds of K.T.Rm. were invested with Adathidars from time to time. There was a partnership firm S.R.M.P.C.T. which was the original Adathidar. This partnership was dissolved in 1920 and there came into existence two firms by reason of such dissolution called S.R.M. Firm and P.C.T. Firm. When instructions were sought

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