(1.) Suit for partition and separate possession.
(2.) The plaint averments are as follows :- The 1st defendant Smt. Lakshmikanthammal and 2nd defendant Smt. Rajalakshmi Ammal are senior and junior widows of one late Srinivasalu Naidu who died in-testate on 4-5-1980. The 3rd defendant Smt. Sarojini is the daughter of the 1st defendant Smt. Lakshmikanthammal, while 4th defendant Gajalakshmi is the eldest daughter of 2nd defendant Smt. Rajalakshmi Ammal. Plaintiff Baghyavathi is her youngest daughter. Srinivasalu Naidu married the second defendant Smt. Rajalakshmi Ammal as his second wife in the year 1948. While items 1 to 3 in the plaint schedule are the self acquired properties of Srinivasalu Naidu, the shipping and clearing agent business carried on by him as sole proprietor is described as Item 4 in the plaint schedule. The parties herein alone are legal heirs of deceased Srinivasalu Naidu. The plaintiff is entitled to 1/4th share in the said properties. Hence the suit for partition and separate possession of her one fourth share in the said properties. Hence the suit for partition and separate possession of her one fourth share in the plaint properties and for directing the defendants to pay her marriage expenses and for directing the defendants 1 and 2 to render a true and proper account of the mesne profits and pay her due share therein.
(3.) The 2nd defendant has paid court fees and demanded for partition and separate possession of her share in the properties. She pleads that her marriage with late Srinivasalu Naidu was solemnised at Sri Parthasarathyswamy temple, Triplicane, Madras according to Hindu rites and customs in the year 1948. Thereafter both of them were living together as husband and wife at Old No. 21, Vinayaga Maistry Street, G.T. Madras. The plaintiff was born to her on 10-5-1951 at the Rainey Hospital, Tondiarpet, Madras during their lawful wedlock. She and late Srinivasalu Naidu lived together at No. 12 Sambier street, George Town from 1949 to 1958. Thereafter they shifted their residence to No. 1/55, Mullah Sahib Street, George Town. They were living at No. 318 Mint street, Madras from the year 1960 to 1976. Her husband Srinivasalu Naidu was very much attached to her and her daughter the plaintiff herein.