JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Second Appeal has been filed under Section 100 of CPC against the Judgment and Decree dated 27.08.2008 passed in A.S.No.5 of 2008 on the file of the Principal Subordinate Court, Virdhachalam, confirming the Judgment and Decree dated 27.11.2007 passed in O.S.No.102 of 2001 on the file of the Principal District Munsif Court, Vridhachalam.

1. Challenge in this second appeal is made to the Judgement and Decree dated 27.08.2008 passed in A.S.No.5 of 2008 on the file of the Principal Subordinate Court, Virdhachalam, confirming the Judgment and Decree dated 27.11.2007 passed in O.S.No.102 of 2001 on the file of the Principal District Munsif Court, Vridhachalam.

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

3. The third defendant is the appellant in this second appeal.

4. Suit for partition.

5. The case of the plaintiffs in brief is that the suit properties are the ancestral properties of the first defendant and the plaintiffs are the daughters of the defendants 1 & 2. The third defendant’s husband, the deceased Vaithilingam is the son of the defendants 1 & 2 and the plaintiffs are each entitled to 1/4 share in the suit p