RAMAKRISHNAN, J. :- This appeal is directed against the judgment and decree of the Second Assistant Judge, City Civil Court, Madras in O. S. No. 224 of 1956, a suit for partition and possession of the plaintiffs share in the plaint schedule properties. The parties arrayed in the suit on either side were related in the following manner. The plaintiff, Abdul Rahim, the second defendant, Abdul Rahman and the fourth defendant, brahim (who died after the suit and whose legal representatives have been subsequently added as defendants 6 and 7) were brothers. The third defendant is their sister. The fifth defendant is a.purchaser from the fourth defendant. The first defendant Zainath Bi is the daughter of the deceased Abdul Azeez. Out of the several items of property which constituted the schedule to the suit, we are concerned for the purpose of this appeal, with the proper shares to be allotted out of one item of immoveable property, namely, the house No. 9 Adam St. Madras and certain questions regarding the cash left behind by Abdul Azeez and the adjustment to be made in regard to expenses incurred for the marriage of the first defendant including jewellery supplied to her by th