(1.) This second appeal is focussed by the defendant challenging the judgment and decree dated 31.08.2007 passed in A.S.No.31 of 2007 on the file of the Principal District Judge, Madurai, in confirming the judgment and decree dated 01.08.2006 passed in O.S.No.550 of 2003 on the file of the I Additional Subordinate Judge, Madurai.
(2.) The parties, for the sake of convenience, are referred to hereunder according to their litigative status and ranking before the trial Court.
(3.) The long and short of the germane facts absolutely necessary for the disposal of this second appeal would run thus: