Ramesam, J.

1. This second appeal arises out of a suit for partition. The common ancestor of the parties is one Narayana Iyer and a pedigree of the family appears at p. 4 of the pleadings paper at the end of the plaint. Narayana Iyer died early in 1867. His eldest son Appaswami alias Rama Iyer died in 1906. The second son Veeraswami Iyer died in 1904. The plaintiffs father Venkatasubba Iyer died in 1872 and plaintiff is said to be his posthumous son by his second wife. The plaintiff was, therefore, 45 at the time of the suit in 1917. Ranga Iyer died in 1885 or 1886. The eldest Appaswami had three sons; Srinivasa Iyer, defendant 1, Narayana Iyer, defendant 3, and Subramania Iyer, defendant 5. It is important to mention that Narayana Iyer and Subramania Iyer claim to be adopted respectively by Ranga Iyer and Veeraswami Iyer. The District Munsif found against these adoptions and the District Judge recorded no finding about them. The defendants pleaded a partition 50 years ago. It takes us to the end of 1867 or beginning of 1868. The Munsif found that there was no division and decreed the plaintiffs suit. On appeal the District Judge reversed the Munsifs judgment on the question