(1.) Leave granted.
(2.) The appellants who were the original defendants in the Suit are aggrieved by the order of the High Court allowing the respondents-plaintiffs' Second Appeal, upsetting the concurrent findings of facts by two courts. The parties shall be referred to by their respective positions in the Suit for better appreciation and convenience.
(3.) The predecessors of the plaintiffs and the defendants were brothers namely, Ramchandrarao Ingole and Trimbakrao Ingole. They partitioned among themselves in 1952. The suit property consists of 7011 sq. ft. of lands, with a house constructed in 1974- 75 thereupon leaving substantial vacant lands, was purchased jointly in the name of the two brothers by sale deed dated 29.03.1957. Trimbakrao Ingole expired in 1980 and Ramchandrarao Ingole also passed away on 22.03.1995. The plaintiffs as legal heirs of Ramchandrarao Ingole, relying on the sale deed filed Special Civil Suit No.268 of 1995 seeking partition and possession of their half share in the suit property.