In these two appeals arising out of the impugned common judgment passed by the High Court of Madras in Second Appeal the neat question involved is one of res judicata ... The trial court in its common judgment passed in cross suits jointly tried came to the conclusion that the judgment in former suit OS No between the predecessor-in-title of the appellant and the respondents cannot operate as res judicata to bar the present suit claiming title to the suit property by the appellant The High Court by the impugned common judgment in Second Appeal has reversed the judgment of the two courts below and held that the judgment in former suit OS No decided on operates as res judicata under section of the Code of Civil Procedure Consequently the suit filed by the appellant has been dismissed and the cross suit filed by the respondents has been decreed

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