(16th September, 1949). The plaintiff in O.S. No. 29 of 1944. on the file of the Subordinate Judge of Rajahmundry is the appellant. She is the widow of one Mruthinjaya Rao. She sued for partition and separate possession of her half share in certain immovable properties described in schedule A to the plaint. The 1st defendant is the brother of her deceased husband. Defendants 2 to 4 are the undivided sons of the 1st defendant. Defendants 5 and 6 were made parties because they were in possession of portions of properties having obtained them, in exchange for properties belonging to them. The plaintiff’s case shortly was that the properties in schedule A originally belonged to one Reddi Rama Brahmam and on his death devolved successively on his widow Subbamma and daughter Lakshminarasamma and thereafter on the two sons of the daughter namely, the deceased husband of the plaintiff and the 1st defendant and that the two brothers became entitled to and enjoyed the properties as tenants in common and on the death of her husband his moiety devolved upon her. The contesting defendant was the 1st defendant whose written statement was adopted by his undivided sons, defendants 2 to 4.