JUDGMENT :

Prayer in A.S.No.186 of 2019: First Appeal is filed under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure read with Order XLI Rules 1 & 2 of C.P.C., 1908, against the judgment and decree dated 20.08.2018 made in O.S.No.142 of 2015 on the file of the III Additional District Judge, Salem.

A.S.No.188 of 2019: First Appeal is filed under Section 96 of the Code of Civil Procedure read with Order XLI Rules 1 & 2 of C.P.C., 1908, against the judgment and decree dated 20.08.2018 made in O.S.No.63 of 2016 on the file of the III Additional District Judge, Salem.

1. The subject matter of these two Appeals is the land under 4 different survey numbers to a total extent of 1 acre 25 cents at Omalur Taluk, Amani Periyeripatti Village. This property originally belongs to one Ontha Gounder and his wife Sevakkal. They both died intestate leaving behind their only son Palaniappan. The said Palaniappan had two sons and two daughters by name Palanimuthu, Periyapaiyan, Nallammal and Chinnathangam.

2. As per the plaint in O.S.No.63 of 2016, (originally filed before District Munsif Court, Omalur as O