(1.) Heard Mr. Gite, learned Counsel for the appellants and Mr. Patil, learned Counsel for the respondents.
(2.) Aggrieved by the decree passed in Regular Civil Appeal No.9/2004, original plaintiffs in Regular Civil Suit No. 71/1996 have preferred this Second Appeal.
(3.) The only ground, on which the impugned decree has been assailed, is the ground no.11 of the Appeal Memo, which reads as under :