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TREABY v. BAWA
009-NLR-NLR-V-07-TREABY-v.-BAWA.pdf ( 22 ) 1903.TREA.BY «. BA.WA. July 16 ctnd I7-C. B., Batticaloa, 8,700. Proxy—Imperfection of, for want of entry in it of proctor'e name—Authority ofproctor to file plaint. The plaintiff having, by an oversight, omitted to insert in the proxywhich he had signed the name of the proctor whom he employed to appearbefore…
Re Application of V.C. VELLAVARAYAM for a writ of Prohibition on the Police Magi
025-nlr-nlr-v-07-re-application-of-v-c-vellavarayam-for-a-writ-of-prohibition-on-the-police-magi
JONKLAAS v. SILVA
043-NLR-NLR-V-07-JONKLAAS-v.-SILVA.pdf ( 181 ) JONKLAAS v. SILVA. P.C., Kalutara, 4,603. 1904. February 17. Criminal Procedure Code, s. 190—Examination of witnesses at trial of case—Powers of Magistrates hating joint jurisdiction to hear case—Regularityof procedure. Where one Police Magistrate of a Court began a trial, and. beingdisqualified by interest, another Magistrate, having joint powers with-him, recalled…
NEINA MARIKAR v. CEYLON STANDARD PRESS COMPANY, LIMITED
060-NLR-NLR-V-07-NEINA-MARIKAR-v.-CEYLON-STANDARD-PRESS-COMPANY,-LIMITED.pdf ( 261 ) NEINA MARIKAR v. CEYLON STANDARD PRESSCOMPANY, LIMITED. 1904. June 17* Special, 279. Company—Ordinances Nos. 4 of 1861, 6 of 1888, and 8 of 1893—Applicationfor compulsorily winding up—Discretion of the Court to inquire intothe boh& fides of the application. Upon an application to the District Court by a registered shareholderin a…
HINNIAPPU v. HENDRIS
076-NLR-NLR-V-07-HINNIAPPU-v.-HENDRIS.pdf 1904. June 24. ( 326 ) HINNIAPPU v. HENDBIS.D. G., GaUe, 7,354. Leave to eve in formA pauperis—Subject-matter o) the action—Civil ProcedureCode, S3. 441, 447. When an applicant seeks to sue in formd pauperis for a share of land,and a proctor has certified, under section 447 of the Civil ProcedureCode, that he has…
THE KING v. MANIKKA PODI
092-NLR-NLR-V-07-THE-KING-v.-MANIKKA-PODI.pdf ( 373 ) THE KING v. MANTKKA PODI. D. C., Batticaloa, 2,276. District Court—Witness—Failure to attend on summons—Power of Court topunish summarily such witness as for contempt of Court—Irregularity. Per Middleton, J.—It is doubtful whether a District Judge haspower to fine a witness for disobedience to a summons of his Court asfor a…
KADIJA UMMA v. MEERA LEBBE
010-NLR-NLR-V-07-KADIJA-UMMA-v.-MEERA-LEBBE.pdf ( 23 ) KADIJA UMMA v. MEEEA LEBBE.1903. May S and C., Colombo, 14,396.June 5. Deed inter vivos—Grant of property subject to fidei commission—Power tofiduciary totransfer his interest by way ofgift ordowryto his-heiror heirs undercertain restrictions—Transfer byfiduciary by last will tohis sons, excluding his daughter—Bequest todaughterof ashareinthe residuary estate—Her right to approbate or…
DE SILVA v. THOMIS APPU
026-NLR-NLR-V-07-DE-SILVA-v.-THOMIS-APPU.pdf ( 123 ) DE SILVA v. THOMIS APPU.D. C., Qalle, 6,902. 1903. December 4• and 16. Donation and fidei commissum inter vivos to avoid probate duty—Acceptance by fiduciary and fidei commissar;—Section 647, Civil Procedure Code. A donation and fidei commissum inter vivos in the following terms,—“ I, Don Baron Lewis Gunasekara, do hereby…
VIGORS v. DE SOYSA
045-NLR-NLR-V-07-VIGORS-v.-DE-SOYSA.pdf ( 193 ) VIGORS v. DE SOYSA.P. C., Kalutara, 5,014. 1904. May 2. Arrack—Ordinance No. IS of 1691—License to distil issued to B on behalf ofA—Liability of licensee to make returns of distillation. Where', at the request of A, an arrack renter, the Government Agentissued under Ordinance No. 13 of 1891 a license…
PERERA v. CHINNAIAH
061-NLR-NLR-V-07-PERERA-v.-CHINNAIAH.pdf ( 257 ) PEBEBA v. CHINNIAH.G. &., Colombo, 22,779. 1904.Jim* IS. Professional opinion—Advice of veterinary surgeon—Exercise of reasonableprofessional s kill—Purchase of unsound horse—Liability of veterinarysurgeon. A professional adviser does not guarantee the soundness of his advice.His duty is to bring to the exercise of his profession only a reasonabledegree of care and skill,…