Srinivasan, J.

The defendants are the appellants, the suit was filed by the respondent for partition and separate possession of her 1/2 share in the plaint schedule mentioned property and for injunction restraining the second defendant from interfering with the peaceful possession of the plaintiff. The case as set out in the plaint is as follows: The plaintiff is the daughter of the first defendant and the second defendant is the plaintiffs brother. The plaintiff was married to one Selvaraj Nadar on 28. 1976. He was a partner in the family business run in the name and style of “Vairamani and Brothers”. The said business was closed in the year 1978and in a family arrangement the business was allotted to the plaintiffs husband. Thereafter the plaintiffs husband changed the name of the business as “S.Kaladevi Dhall Mills” and it was being run by him as a sole proprietor. That was carried on till 33. 1983. The plaintiffs father died on 110. 1981. When the plaintiffs husband wanted to purchase lands with the money in his possession in 1980 the father of the plaintiff also wanted to contribute one-half and agreed to purchase the property in the joint names. Accordingly, the pr