(1.) THE unsuccessful plaintiff in Original Suit No. 71 of 1983 on the file of the Court of Principal Subordinate Judge (Now, Principal Senior Civil Judge), Chittoor (For short, 'the trial Court') preferred this appeal against the decree and judgment dated 22.07.1996.
(2.) THE appellant herein was the plaintiff and the respondent herein was the defendant before the trial Court in O.S. No. 71 of 1983. For convenience of reference, the ranks given to the parties in O.S. No. 71 of 1983 will be adopted throughout this judgment.
(3.) THE defendant filed written statement denying material allegations of the plaint admitting relationship between the plaintiff and the defendant, resisted the claim of the plaintiff on the following grounds: