JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Second Appeal filed under Section 100 of C.P.C., against the judgment and decree dated 27.02.2008 made in A.S.No.71 of 2007 on the file of the Principal District Court, Salem, reversing the judgment and decree dated 14.10.2006 made in O.S.No.891 of 1995 on the file of the Principal Sub Court, Salem.

1. Challenge in this second appeal is made to the judgment and decree dated 27.02.2008 passed in A.S.No.71 of 2007 on the file of the Principal District Court, Salem, reversing the judgment and decree dated 14.10.2006 passed in O.S.No.891 of 1995 on the file of the Principal Subordinate Court, Salem.

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

3. The third defendant in O.S.No.891 of 1995 is the appellant in this second appeal.

4. Suit for partition and declaration.

5. Briefly stated the case of the plaintiff is that she is the daughter of the first defendant and the sister of the defendants 2 to 6 and the defendants 7 to 30 are the tenants in the suit properties. The plaintiff and the defendants 1 to 6 are the legal heirs of the deceased Kumaran and the suit properties are the ancestral and self acquired properties o