Shrivastava, J.

1. This appeal is directed against the judgment dated 22-1-1952 of the Court of the Additional District Judge, Indore, in Civil Suit No. 5 of 1949. The suit was filed by respondents 1 to 4 against the appellants, who were defendants 1 and 2, and respondents 5 to 8, who were defendants 3 to 6.

2. The relationship between the parties is shown by the following genealogical tree:

ABDUL REHMAN KHAN ___________________________________|___________________________________________________ | | | Abdul Karim Khan Azizur Rehman Khan Sirajur Rehman Khan= | | Widow, Mujtabal Begum | ____________|________________________ (deft. 1) | | | | | and | M.R. Khan S.R. Khan R.R. Khan R.R. Khan daughter, Solat Jahan | (plff. 1) (plff. 2) (plff. 3) (plff. 4) (deft. 2) _____________|_____________________ | | | | A.H. Khan H.B. Khan F.J. Khan M.J. Khan (deft. 3) (deft. 4) (deft. 5) (deft. 6)

The dispute relates to the property of Sirajur Rehman Khan, who died on 5-12-1946. Appellant No. 1 Mujtabai Begum is his widow and appellant No. 2 Solat Jehan is his daughter. The four plaintiffs (respondents 1 to 4) arc the sons of one brother and the other defendants (respondents 5 to 8) are the so