P.R. Gokulakrishnan, J.

1. Defendants 1, 2 and 4 to 7 are the appellants herein. The suit is for delivering possession of the suit properties and also for directing the defendants to pay the damages claimed in the suit and also the profits claimed including that of the future profits from the date of plaint till delivery of the suit properties.

2. The case of the plaintiffs is that one Amalorpava Nadar sold the suit properties to the plaintiffs by three sale deeds dated 13.8.1974. By virtue of the said sale deeds, the plaintiffs have become the owners of the suit properties together with all the trees, superstructures and other appurtenances. The properties were tope on ground overgrown with fruit bearing trees and other trees like casuarina, coconut, mango, jack, palmyrah and other trees. The owners of the suit properties have been using the properties by leasing out the usufructs and there has been a watchman shed in the suit properties. One Kaveri Ammal and Packiri Vanniar were constituted as lessees of the trees in the suit lands and they were using the property by periodically paying the cash rent. The predecessors-in-interest of defendants 2 to 7 filed Q.S. No.266 of 19