T M CHANNABASAMMA Vs. T M RUDRIAK

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This appeal by the defendants has been preferred against the judgment and decree dt. Aug. 14, 1972 of the Civil Judge, Chitradurga in 0. S. No. 25 of 1964.

(2.) The facts so far as relevant may briefly be stated as follows: Channabasamma - defendant-1 and Rudraiya - the plaintiff - were rival claimants to plaint A and B Schedule properties left behind by one Halaswami Each claimed to be the nearest agnatic heir of the deceased to the exclusion of the other,

(3.) To appreciate the controversy involved in this appeal, it will be useful to have before us the pedigree table which is as follows: