(1.) This appeal is at the instance of the original defendants and is directed against the judgment and order passed by the High Court of Kerala dtd. 11/7/2018 in Regular Second Appeal No. 163 of 2007 by which the Second Appeal preferred by the respondents herein (original plaintiffs) came to be allowed, thereby setting aside the judgment and order passed by the First Appellate Court dismissing the suit instituted by the plaintiffs and restoring the original decree passed by the trial court allowing the suit instituted by the original plaintiffs, i.e., the respondents before us.
(2.) The facts giving rise to the present appeal may be summarised as under:
(3.) In such circumstances referred to above, the appellants are here before us with the present appeal.