(1.) The defendants in O.S.No.82 of 2013 on the file of the IV Additional District Court, Tirunelveli, are the appellants herein.
(2.) O.S.No.82 of 2013 had been instituted by the respondents/plaintiffs, who are two sisters, seeking partition and separate possession of the suit schedule properties, each claiming 1/4 share therein. The defendants/appellants are the brothers of the plaintiffs/respondents.
(3.) By judgment dtd. 29/11/2016, the suit was decreed with respect to Item Nos.1 and 2 of the suit schedule properties, and a preliminary decree was passed, declaring that each of the two plaintiffs are entitled to 1/4 share in the said items.