(1.) THE defendants are the appellants herein.
(2.) THIS appeal suit has been directed against the judgment and decree of the learned III Additional Subordinate Judge, Coimbatore, under which a preliminary decree was granted in favour of the respondent-plaintiff.
(3.) THE appellants, who are the defendants in a suit filed by the respondent/plaintiffs for partition, have assailed the preliminary decree granted by the learned III Additional Subordinate Judge, Coimbatore.