Category / NLR_V_06
REX v. CADERAMEN
014-NLR-NLR-V-06-REX-v.-CADERAMEN.pdf ( 67 ) BEX «. CADERAMEN.lfl02 Forged document—Boat licences granted under Ordinance No. 6 of 1865—^ Valuable security—Penal Code, ss. 28, 456, and 459—Amendment of indictment and conviction—Evidence Ordinance, s. 192—Evidence incivil ease tendered in criminal prosecution—Duty of witness—“ Shall notbe excused from answering any question"—Evidence given voluntarily— Evidence given on compulsion of…
GUNASEKERA v. ABUBAKER
031-NLR-NLR-V-06-GUNASEKERA-v.-ABUBAKER.pdf < H8 ) 1902. July 20. GUNASEKEBA v. ABUBAKEB. D. C., Gallo, 6,267. Curator—*0ivil Procedure Code, es. 476 and 692—Action by minor. An action by a minor is not well brought if brought in the name otthe ourator. Before suing, the curator should obtain the authority of the Court to-institute an action as…
KAPOOR SAIBO v. MUDALIHAMI BAAS
048-NLR-NLR-V-06-KAPOOR-SAIBO-v.-MUDALIHAMI-BAAS.pdf ( 216 ) 1803.March ISand SO KAPOOR SAIBO v. MUDALIHAMI BAAS. D. C., Kandy, 14,387. Prescription—Claim on an account stated and acknowledged—Ordinance No. SS of 1871, ss. 8 and 18—“ Acknowledgment or promise by words only Evidence—Paiol accounting. An account stated maybe settledorally; but an acknowledgmentby words only is insufficientto preventan action formoneydue…
SIYADORIS v. HENDRICK
065-NLR-NLR-V-06-SIYADORIS-v.-HENDRICK.pdf ( 276 ) SIYADORIS v. HENDRICK. D. C., Galle, 3,027. Co-owners of landed property—Unlawful ouster by a co-owner—Partnership -Roman-Dutch Law—Digging for plumbago without consent of co-owner. An actum by a co-owner of a land for bis share of the value of theplumbago dug therein, after an unlawful ouster of the plaintiff, ismaintainable without…
IBANU AGEN v. ABEYASEKARA
081-NLR-NLR-V-06-IBANU-AGEN-v.-ABEYASEKARA.pdf ( 844 ) 1803. May SO and June 10. Fidei commisBum—Requirements of—Construction of last «otU—Parampar&wa. In construing a will, the intention of the testator is of paramountimportance. Where the intention to substitute for the fiduciary a fidei commissaryis expressed, or may be gathered by necessary implication from thelanguage of the will, a fidei…
ISABEL v. PEDRU PILLAI
015-NLR-NLR-V-06-ISABEL-v.-PEDRU-PILLAI.pdf ( 85 > ISABEL v. PEDRU PILLAI.P. C., Mullaittivu, 1,429. 1002. September 26* Maintenance case—False and frivolous charge of adultery against wife—Orderon husband to pay Grown costs—Summary conviction of witnesses forgiving false evidence under s. 190 of Penal Code—Illegality of orders. In a case of maintenance, in which the proceedings are of a…
PETTACHI CHETTY v. MOHAMADO YUSOOF
032-NLR-NLR-V-06-PETTACHI-CHETTY-v.-MOHAMADO-YUSOOF.pdf ( 152 ) 1883.April 19. PETTACHI GHETTY v. MOHAMADO YUSOOF. D. C., Colombo, No. 82,535.* Principal and agent—Mercantile custom of Natukotta Chetties—Action by principals on bond granted to their agent—Meaning of " Pe. he. Venaitirtan Che tty." It is the custom among the Natukotta Chetties of South India whocarry on trade in Ceylon…
MEYAPPA CHETTY v. RAWTER
049-NLR-NLR-V-06-MEYAPPA-CHETTY-v.-RAWTER.pdf ( 220 ) 1903. January S3and SI. MEYAPPA CEETTY t>. RAWTER.D. C., Chilaw, 2,216. Mortgagees—Action by primary mortgagee against puisne incumbrancers—Civil Procedure Code, ee. 640 and 643—Ordinance No. Id of 1891, s. 17. There is nothing in the Civil Procedure Code to prevent » primarymortgagee joining a puisne incumbrancer as a defendant in…
GORDION APPUHAMY v. MARIA CULAS
066-NLR-NLR-V-06-GORDION-APPUHAMY-v.-MARIA-CULAS.pdf ( 279 ) GORDION APPUHAMY v. MARIA OULAS.D. C., Trincomalee, 8,702. Seizure in execution^—Claim, to property seized—Sale notwithstanding claim andorder of Court to stag sale—Order of Court to produce property claimed—Validity of unauthorized sale—Civil Procedure Code, ee. 218, 926, 241,963. The plaintiff, having obtained judgment againet the defendant in theDistrict Court of Mannar,…
SOKALINGAM CHETTY v. DE HOEDT
082-NLR-NLR-V-06-SOKALINGAM-CHETTY-v.-DE-HOEDT.pdf ( 848 ) 1902. September 10and IS. SOKALINGAM CHETTY v. DE HOEDT.C. R., Colombo, 19,153. Promissorynote—Materialalteration—Unauthorizedinsertion of rate of interest—Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, ss. 20 and 62—Rights of holder indue course. In an action broughtby theendorsee of apromissory noteagainst the maker for the principal and interest alleged to be due thereon, thedefendant…