JUDGMENT :

(Prayer: This Second Appeal is filed under Section 100 of the Civil Procedure Code, against the judgment and decree dated 29.08.1996 made in A.S.No.33 of 1990 on the file of the Sub Court, Nagercoil, confirming the judgment and decree dated 26.06.1982 made in O.S.No.754 of 1980 on the file of the Additional District Munsif, Nagercoil.)

1. Aggrieved over the order of the concurrent findings of the Courts below, the present second appeal is filed.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to herein, as per their rank before the Trial Court.

3. The brief facts, leading to filing of this Appeal Suit, are as follows:-

The entire property comprised in Survey Nos.2682, 2903, 2905, 2906 and 2908 to 2911 and 2917/3 of Alagiyapandiyapuram, originally known as Oliver and Black Rock Estate belonged to one Simpson. The First Defendant Company has purchased a portion of the property from the said Simpson and the remaining areas were sold to various persons. The plaintiffs have also purchased an extent of 39 acres from Janaki Pushpam, who purchased the said land from the said Simpson. The plaintiffs have also put up a construction in the estate and raised cloves and other pla