Madhavan Nair, J.

1. Plaintiffs are the appellants. The suit out of which this Letters Patent Appeal arises was instituted by the plaintiffs for partition and recovery of their share of the plaint properties, together with mesne profits. The properties belonged to one Kunhu Nethiar who was the last member of a tarwad. The relationship of the parties will appear from the following geneological table found in the Munsifs. judgment.

Chummu Nethiar | |---------------------------------------| Ittiyachi Nethiar Kummini Nethiar | | Kunhu Nethiar | |--------------------------|------------------| Defendant 1 Plaintiff 1 Defendant 2. |---------------------|----------------| | Defendant 3 Defendant 1 Defendant 5 | | | Defendants 6 to 10 | |----------------|-----------------------------|--------------------| Plaintiff 2 Plaintiff 5 Plaintiff 6 Kunhikarru Nethiar | | | Plaintiffs & and 7 to 9 Plaintiffs 14 to 16 Plaintiffs 3 and 10 to 13

2. Plaintiffs and defendants 1 to 10 are the descendants of Kummini Nethiar who was the deceased Kunhu Nethiars mothers sister. Kummini Nethiar died leaving three children, defendant 1 and plaintiff 1, daughters, and defendant 2, a son. Defendant 1s desce