(1.) SECOND defendant in O.S. No. 73 of 1983 on the file of the District Munsif Court, Manapparai, who has succeeded before the trial Court and lost before the first appellate Court is the appellant in this second appeal.
(2.) HEARD Mr.M.V.Krishnan, for the appellant and Mr .M.N.Muthukumaran, for Mr.M.N.Padmanabhan, Senior counsel for the respondents 1 to 5.
(3.) AFTER the trial when the judgment was reserved, the first plaintiff died and hence his legal representatives were impleaded.