MALIK, CJ. :- These six appeals arise out of three suits and the first three of them have been tiled on behalf of the plaintiffs in the three suits and the other three on behalf of the defendant.

2. Suit No. 566 of 1941 was filed by Syed Maqsood Ali, alias Arif Ali, against Syed Zahid Ali. It was decided by the Additional Civil Judge on the 27th November, 1942, and the District Judge on the 20th of March, 1946. Against the decree of the lower appellate court the plaintiff has filed the Second Appeal No. 2273 of 1946 and the defendant has filed the Second Appeal No. 84 of 1947.

3. Suit No. 581 of 1941 was filed by Syed Sadiq Ali against the same defendant, Syed Zahid Ali. It was decided by the Additional Civil Judge on the 27th November, 1942, and the District Judge on the 20th of March, 1946. Against the decree of the lower appellate court Second Appeal No. 2274 of 1946 has been filed on behalf of the plaintiff and Second Appeal No. 83 of 1947 on behalf of the defendant.

4. Second Appeal No. 2277 of 1946 has been filed by the plaintiff Shahid Ali and Second Appeal No. 2612 of 1946 by the defendant Zahid Ali against the decree in Civil Appeal No. 6 of 1943, arising out of Suit