(1.) THIS appeal by the appellant/plaintiff is directed against the judgment and decree passed in O. S. No. 5/1997 on the file of the court of District Judge, D. K. , Mangalore, by which he has been refused letter of administration.
(2.) FOR the sake of convenience, the parties will be referred hereinafter as shown in the impugned judgment and decree i. e. , plaintiff and defendants.
(3.) BRIEF facts giving rise to the present appeal are: