(1.) THE case of the plaintiff in a nut -shell is as follows:
(2.) THE defendant has filed written statement under Order 8 Rule 1 CPC, stating as follows:
(3.) AT the time of trial, on the side of the plaintiff, P.W. 1 -plaintiff -J. Vincent was examined, apart from two other witnesses - -P.W. 2 M.V. Govindan, P.W. 3 -S. Subramanian and P.W. 4 -V.K. Veeramani and Exs. P -1 to P -14 were marked; on the side of the defendant, S. Srinivasan (defendant) was examined as D.W. 1, apart from D.W. 2 -S. Jayalakshmi (wife of D.W. 1 -defendant) and Exs. D -1 to D -21 were marked. Exs. C -1 to C -3 were marked as Court documents.