Leach, C.J.

1. The case for the appellants is completely devoid of merit, but questions of law have been raised and it is necessary to consider them. The appellants and respondent 4 are the managers of the communal lands of the village of Natarajapuram (also known by the name of Ethandarpatti) in the Trichinopoly Taluq. They sued in the Court of the District Munsif of Trichinopoly for a declaration that the deoree obtained in Order Section No. 82 of 1929 was not binding upon them or upon the other ryots of this village. In that suit defendants 1 to 4, as the representatives of the village of Arasankudi, sued four ryots of the village of Natarajapuram, as the representatives of that village, to recover a sum of Rs. 1667-4-0 which they claimed was due to the villagers of Arasankudi by the villagers of Natarajapuram in respect of the construction of a road connecting the two villages with the main road. Both the villages had asked the Taluk Board authorities to construct the road and promised that they would contribute one-third of the cost, if the Taluk Board would bear the rest. It was afterwards arranged that the two villages should contribute a total sum of Rs. 4000 which w