JUDGMENT :

Prayer: This Second Appeal is filed under Section 100 of Civil Procedure Code against the judgment and decree dated 28.11.2000, in A.S.No.57 of 2000 on the file of the Principal District Judge of Nagapattinam, confirming the decree and judgment dated 06.01.2000 in O.S.No.120 of 1998 on the file of the Additional Sub Court, Mayiladuthurai.

1. This second appeal is directed as against the judgment and decree dated 28.11.2000, in A.S.No.57 of 2000 on the file of the Principal District Judge of Nagapattinam, confirming the decree and judgment dated 06.01.2000 in O.S.No.120 of 1998 on the file of the Additional Sub Court, Mayiladuthurai.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to as per their rankings in the trial Court.

3. The case of the plaintiffs in brief is as follows :-

3.1. The suit is filed for partition. The suit property originally belonged to one, Vadivelu, who is the grand father of the plaintiffs. The said Vadivelu and Chandrahasu are brothers. The plaintiffs’ father is one, Ramanujam and the fourth defendant is the said Chandrahasu’s wife. The defendants 5 to 10 are the children of the fourth defendant. The defendants 1 to 3 are sisters of Vadivelu.