( 1 ) THIS appeal is directed against the judgment and decree of the Court of the Civil Judge, mangalore, in R. A. No. 33 of 1976, dismissing the suit of the plaintiff, reversing the judgment and decree of the Court of Munsiff, Buntwal, South Kanara in Original Suit No. 170 of 1973, decreeing the suit of the plaintiff for permanent injunction against the defendants from interfering with his possession of the suit land especially on the portion to the west of rain water channel called 'kani'.

( 2 ) THE plaintiff-appellant brought this simple suit for injunction alleging that he purchased the suit land from defendant-1 under a registered sale deed dated 16-11-1938 and at the time of the purchase the extent of this A schedule property was not clearly known, the approximate extent was noted in the sale deed but, the boundaries were specifically shown to identify the property and the boundaries have been clearly stated in the sale deed. While there is no dispute with regard to other three boundaries, the eastern boundary is contested by the parties. In the sale deed it is stated that the eastern boundary is a rain water channel and the areca garden of defendant-1. He then