(1.) THIS second appeal is by the plaintiffs in O.S.Nos.223 and 230 of 1990, on the file of District Munsif's Court, Karaikal.
(2.) BOTH the above suits were jointly tried and a common judgment was pronounced by the District Munsif on 14.12.1992.
(3.) THE following substantial questions of law have been formulated in the memorandum of second appeal: