K. SAMPATH, J.

The plaintiff in O.S.No.84/82 on the file of the Subordinate Judge's Court, Nagapattinam, filed the appeal before this Court and pending appeal, he died and his legal representatives have come on record as appellants 2 to 4.

2. For easier appreciation of the facts of the case, it would be necessary to have the genealogy extracted.

GENEALOGY

Thiruvenkata Mudaliar (Died)

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Velu Mudaliar (Died) Vaithilinga Mudaliar

-------------------- (Died)

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Subba Mudaliar Ramalinga | |

(Died) Mudaliar(Died) Thiruvenkatam Sankara-

-------------- | (Died-1940) murthy

| | | (Died-1941)

Ramiah (Died)= | | ----------------

Neelathanni(D10) | | |

Baskarathanni(D11) | | 1.Natesa

----------------------------- | Mudaliar(Died-

' ' | on 26-9-1981)

Singaravelu Krishnasamy | 2.Vagesa Mudaliar

(Died) (Died) | (Plaintiff)

| | | 3.Kalyanasundara

------------------- Balakrishnan(D14) | Mudaliar (D2)

1. Kunjithapatham= |

Renganayagi(D12) |

2. Jayaram D13) |

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Ramalingam Shanmugham Vaidilingam Gopala- Santhanam

(Died) (D3) (D4) krishnan (D6)

| (D5)

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