JUDGMENT :

(Prayer : The Second Appeal filed under Section 100 of the Civil Procedure Code against the judgment and decree dated 31.10.2017 passed in A.S.No.59 of 2014 on the file of the III Additional Subordinate Judge, Coimbatore, reversing the judgment and decree passed in O.S.No.1918 of 1992 on the file of the III Additional District Munsif, Coimbatore.)

1. This Second Appeal has been filed against the judgment and decree dated 31.10.2017 passed in A.S.No.59 of 2014 on the file of the III Additional Subordinate Judge, Coimbatore, reversing the judgment and decree dated 25.03.2014 passed in O.S.No.1918 of 1992 on the file of the III Additional District Munsif, Coimbatore.

2. The unsuccessful defendant, who suffered concurrent findings before the Trial Court as well as the First Appellate Court in a suit for recovery of possession, is the appellant herein.

3. The parties are described as per their litigating status before the Trial Court.

4. The brief material facts that are necessary for adjudicating the Second Appeal are as hereunder: The plaintiffs claim to be owners of the suit property, having purchased the same under a Sale Deed dated 07.10.1974, from one Ranganathan. According