JUDGMENT.-The plaintiffs are the appellants. The suit was for redemption of an usufructuary mortgage.

2. The admitted case of the parties was: The suit property belonged to Puthu-veedu tarwad. Purthuveedu tarwad had three sakas, viz., Chenkattu saka represented by Padmanabhan Peruman, Eswaran Eswaran and Raman Raman, Elumbarathu saka, represented by Padmanabhan Kali, Neelakantan Raman and Neelakantan Nagan, and Udantha-vilagathu saka represented by Kali Kumaran, Ayyappan Kumaran and Velayudhan Ayyappan. As far as Chenkattu saka was concerned, the same had become extinct on the death of Raman Raman in 1095 (M.E.) b. The plaintiffs belong to Udanthavilagathu saka. Their karnavan, Raman Eswaran, executed an othi and kuzhikanam for 7,000 fanams to one Manthiramoorthy and three others in respect of the suit property under Exhibit A-1 on 30th November 1084 (M.E.). Subsequent to, Exhibit A-1, in the family partition, Bhagavathi Pillai and her daughter Bharathi pilla were allotted half of the suit property along with other properties, and Bhagavathi Pillai’s another daugher viz., the first plaintiff and her daugher the second plaintiff, were allotted the remaining half share in the suit pro

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