The first defendant in O.S. 162 of 1976, District Munsif Court Sholinghur, is the appellant in this second appeal. That suit was instituted by the first respondent herein for a declaration of her title to the suit properties and for an injunction, or, in the alternative, for recovery of possession, against the appellant and respondents 2 and 3. The suit properties are two in number. The first respondent claimed title to the suit properties on the strength of a settlement deed executed by her brother, Linga Pillai, on 24-9-1971. According to the case of the first respondent, Linga Pillai was the absolute owner of the suit properties, having got them under a registered Will executed by one Pattammal on 15-4-1968. Pattammal, according to the first respondent, in turn obtained the suit properties under a partition deed dt. 21-10-1961 between the appellant, Pattammal and another. The further case of the first respondent was that the appellant had no manner of right or interest in the suit properties, but purported to execute sale deeds in favour of respondents 2 and 3 in respect of certain portions of the suit properties. Those sale deeds are not valid and binding on her, ac