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 Neithiar who was the last member of a tarwad. The relationship of the parties will appear from the following genealogical table found in the Munsifs Judgment.

Ohummu Neithiar | ____________________ | | Ittiyachi Nethiar Kummini Nethiar | | Kunhu Nethiar. | | _______________ | _______________________________ | | | 1st 1st 2nd defendant plaintiff defendant. | | | __________________________ | | | | | | 2nd 5th 6th Kunhikavu | plaintiff plaintiff plaintiff Nethiar | | | | | plaintiffs plaintiffs plaintiffs | Nos. NOS. NOS. | 4 and 7 14 to 16. 3 and 10 | to 9. to 13. |_________________ | _________________________ | | | 3rd 4th 5th defendant defendant defendant defendants Nos 6 to 10.

2. The plaintiffs and defendants Nos. 1 to 10 are the descendantsof Kummini Nethiar who was the deceased Kunhi Nethiars mothers sister. Kummini Nethiar died leaving three children, the 1st defendant and the 1st plaintiff, daughters