The plaintiff is the appellant and he is related to the defendants as shown below: Chockalinga father of the plaintiff, died after the institution of the suit but before he filed his written statement. Kothandapani and Chockalinga inherited from their father, Srinivasa, two items of lands described in Schedule I to the plaint. Item 2 measuring 1 acre 27 cents is a punja which was sold away by Kothandapani under Exhibit A-12 on nth August, 1941 ; Item No. 1 is a wet land measuring 40 cents. In the year 1905, Kothandapani entered service in the Southern Railway as a fitter at the Egmore Railway Station. To start with, his pay appears to have been Rs. 25 per month. Chockalinga entered services as a painter in the Southern Railway at Chingleput in about 1915. His starting pay appears to be about Rs. 15 per month. He got Railway quarters at Chingleput and both the brothers with their wives lived as members of an undivided family in that quarters. Kothandapani appears to have returned home every day after attending to his work at Egmore. The plaintiff was born in about 1917. When the brothers were living Together, item 1 and 2 of Schedule II were purchased in the name of Kotha