Varadachariar, J.

1. This appeal arises out of a suit for the taking of the accounts of certain dissolved partnerships. The parties belong to the Vysia community and are members of one family though belonging to different branches which had become divided many years ago. Defendants 1, 2 and 3 are the oldest members in the group and they are the sons of one Chinna Venkanna. Defendants 4 to 23 are the descendants of defendants 1 to 3. Chinna Venkanna had a second cousin Venkanna who had two sons Appayya and Venkanna. The plaintiff and defendants 24 and 25 are the sons of Appayya. Defendant 28 is a grandson of Venkanna, the brother of Appayya. Defendants 26, 27 and 29 are respectively the sons of defendants 24, 25 and 28. These families had admittedly been carrying on trade in Vizianagaram; for the purposes of the present suit, it is necessary to deal with three businesses which are referred to in the record as Kottu No. 1, Kottu No. 2 and Kottu No. 3. Kottu Nos. 1 and 3 seem to have been carried on in the market and Kottu No. 2 in the house. Kottu Nos. 2 and 3 were carried on in the name of defendant 1 while Kottu No. 1 was carried on in the name of defendant 2. It is admitted