JUDGMENT :

(Common Prayer: These Appeal Suits are filed under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure, against the judgment and decree made in O.S.No. 32 of 2002 dated 24.11.2003 on the file of the Principal District Judge, Karur.)

1. These two appeals are filed as against the judgment and decree passed in O.S.32 of 2002 dated 24.11.2003.

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 the filing of this Appeal Suit, are as follows:-

(i) The plaintiffs are the husband and wife and their only son is Diravidamani, whose wife is the first defendant. Their son met with an accident and died on 21.02.2001. The second defendant is supporting the first defendant and the third defendant is the partnership firm.

(ii) The suit properties are the joint family property. Item Nos.1 to 4 were purchased in the name of the deceased Diravidamani. Thereafter, Item No.6 was also purchased out of the funds of the joint family and registered in the name of the first defendant and other items are also joint family property. After the death of the son of the plaintiffs, there was a misunderstanding between the plainti