LAWS(MAD)-2008-8-135

G K PALANI GOUNDER ALIAS MANI Vs. KANAKAMBAL

Decided On August 18, 2008
G.K.PALANI GOUNDER, MANI Appellant
V/S
KANAKAMBAL (DIED) LRS Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS appeal is focussed as against the judgment and decree dated 24. 01. 1994 passed in O. S. No. 193 of 1998 on the file of the learned Subordinate Judge, Gobichettipalayam, which is a suit for partition. For convenience sake, the parties are referred to here under according to their litigative status before the trial Court.

(2.) SUCCINCTLY and precisely, pithily and tersely, the case of the plaintiff as stood exposited from the plaint could be portrayed thus:

(3.) REMONSTRATING and gainsaying, D4 during her life time filed the written statement with the averments, the pith and marrow of them would run thus: d4 was not aware of the fact as to whom the item No. 1 actually belonged; but, her husband proclaimed that he had right over it to execute the Will. Item No. 2 of the suit properties was purchased by D4 from out of her own funds and it did not belong to her husband. Since D4 happened to be the owner of the second item of the suit properties, she executed Ex. A3 Will dated 02. 03. 1977 along with her husband G. K. Kalianna Gounder. Subsequently, the testators got highly dissatisfied with his daughters and wanted to cancel his earlier Will Ex. A3 and intended to bequeath the suit properties to his sons. The said Will Ex. A3 was not intended to be acted upon. D3 was not in occupation of the item No. 2 of the suit properties. Even though D4 sustained fracture, nonetheless, she was not suffering from mental weakness. Ex. B8 was executed by her voluntarily while she was in a sound disposing state of mind and that she cancelled the earlier Will, Ex. A3. The mortgage deed dated 08. 08. 1988 was executed by her in favour of D7 for valid consideration. Accordingly, she prayed for the dismissal of the suit.