RAMAPRASADA RAO, J.:- The third defendant in O. S. No. 243 of 1962 on the file of the court of the Subordinate Judge, Coimbatore, is the appellant in App. No. 533 of 1969. Defendants 18 to 20 who are the legal representatives of the 12th defendant in the said suit are the appellants in App. No. 203 of 1970. The suit was filed by the plaintiff for partition and separate possession of his 14/144th share in schedules B to F properties. Sheik Hussain Din I and Sheik Magdoom were brothers. They had considerable properties in which each had a half share therein. In 1888 Sheik Hussain Din I died leaving behind him his widow Sheikammal two daughters Varu Ismail Bibi and Khader Hussain Bibi and two sons Khader Hussain Din and Sheikh Hussain Din II. Varu Ismail Bibi had a daughter Meeran Bibi who died leaving behind defendants 21 to 24 as her legal representatives. She had another son Syed Mohajmed Abbubakker, who is the plaintiff in the action. Khader Hussain Bibi, the other daughter of Sheik ammal died in 1944 and her heirs are defendants 8 to 11. Khader Hussain Din (the first son of Sheikammal) married Rahima Bibi, the 7th defendant in the suit and left behind him his heirs defen