PATNA, India, May 27 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on May 26:

Heard Mr. Jitendra Kishore Verma, learned counsel representing the appellants, assisted by Mr. Lal Babu Singh, and Mr. J. S. Arora, learned senior counsel assisted by Mr. Ratan Kumar Sinha, learned counsel for the respondents.

2. This Second Appeal has been filed against the judgment and decree dated 02.05.2009, passed in Title Appeal No. 82 of 1991 by the learned Second Additional District and Sessions Judge, West Champaran, Bettiah, whereby the lower appellate court reversed the judgment and decree dated 19.07.1991, rendered in Title Suit No. 80 of 1985 by the learned First Additional Munsif, Bettiah, in which the suit filed by the plaintiff-appellants was...