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CONDERLAG v. MUTTIAH PULLE
015-NLR-NLR-V-30-CONDERLAG-v.-MUTTIAH-PULLE.pdf ( 73 ) Present: Fisher C. J. and Garvin J. CONDERLAG v. MUTTIAH PULLE. 146—D. C. Colombo, 24,928. Appeal—Decree absolute for default—Defendant's appearance to slumcause—Civil Procedure Code, s. 87. A decree nisi which has been made absolute after the defendanthad appealed on the day appointed to show case and had failedto excuse his…
NADAR v. LEON
031-NLR-NLR-V-30-NADAR-v.-LEON.pdf ( 123 ) Present: Jayewardene A. J. NADAR v. LEON.176—P. C. Colombo, 35,481. Village Communities—Excepted person—Indian Tamil—Ordinance No. 9of 1924, s. 60. An Indian trader living temporily in Ceylon is not an exceptedperson within the meaning of section 3 of the Village CommunitiesOrdinance of 1924. PPEAL from an order of the Police Magistrate…
UKKU BANDA et al. v. HEENMENIKA
047-NLR-NLR-V-30-UKKU-BANDA-et-al.-v.-HEENMENIKA.pdf ( 180 1 1928. Present: Fisher C -T., Garvin and Lyall Grant JJ. UKKU BANDA et al. v. HEENMENIKA. 139—D. C. Nvivara Eliya, 916. Kandyan law—Widow's right of inheritance—Acquired property of deceased—Re-marriage—Forfeiture. The right which a kandyan widow has to a life interest in theacquired property of her deceased husband is generally lost…
JAMES v. DANIEL et al
063-NLR-NLR-V-30-JAMES-v.-DANIEL-et-al.pdf Present; Fisher C.J. and Garvin J. JAMES v. DANIEL el al. . 239—D.C. Gaik, 24,356. Fidei commissum—Devolution on heirs according to law—Designation ofpersons to be benefited—Construction of deed. Where a deed of gift of property to five brothers contained aprohibition against alienation and provided as follows :— “ If one of them should…
JINADASA v. WEERASINGHE
079-NLR-NLR-V-30-JINADASA-v.-WEERASINGHE.pdf ( 283 ) Present: Garvin and Drieberg JJ. JINADASA v. WEERASINGHE. 20—D. C. (Inty.) Malar a, 3,418. Injunction—Interim order—Application to discharge injunction—Interlocutory order—Civil Procedure Code, as. 377 and 666. Where an application is made'to discharge an interim injunction. issued at the instance of the plaintiff, the defendant should followthe procedure indicated in sections…
KADIRAVAIL WADIVEL v. SANDANAM
095-NLR-NLR-V-30-KADIRAVAIL-WADIVEL-v.-SANDANAM.pdf ( 351 ) Present: Akbar J. KADIRAVAlii WADIVEL v. SANDANEM 44—P. C. Chile*., 17,62V maintenance—Parties living together after an order for maintenance- CanceUation of order—Application for enforcement of order. A married woman obtained an order for maintenance againsther husband. Thereafter the parties came before Court and hadit recorded that they were living together.…
In re SEBASTIAN PERERA
112-NLR-NLR-V-30-In-re-SEBASTIAN-PERERA.pdf ( 403 ) Present: Fisher C.J. and Drieberg J. In re Sebastian Perera176—D.C. (Inty.) Chilaw, 13. tmnatic—Order against manager of estate—Direction to pay fixed amountto Court—Civil Procedure Code, chapter XXXIX. An order requiring the manager of the estate of a lunatic to paya fixed sum into Court as the income of the estate…
VANCUYLENBERG v. MELDER
128-NLR-NLR-V-30-VANCUYLENBERG-v.-MELDER.pdf ( 465 ) Present: Akbar J. VANCUYLENBERG v. MELDER. 243—M. C. Colombo, 2,109. Disturb the repose—Making a noise at night—Inhabitants—PoliceOrdinance, I860, s. 90. Where a person is charged with making a noise so' as to disturbthe repose of the inhabitants of a place, there must be proof thatthe inhabitants of the quarter and…
SUB- INSPECTOR OF POLICE v. JACOLIS PEIRIS et al
144-NLR-NLR-V-30-SUB–INSPECTOR-OF-POLICE-v.-JACOLIS-PEIRIS-et-al.pdf ( 509 ) Present: Drieberg J. 1929. SUB-INSPECTOR OF POLICE v. JACOLIS PEIRIS et at. '258—P. C. Oampola, 19,325. •Unlawful gaming—Issue of search warrant—Information recorded butnot read over—Material—Ordinance No. 17 of 1889, s. 4. Information, upon which a search warrant issued, was recordedby the Police Magistrate and attested after the informant had puthis…
SUBRAMANIAM CHETTY v. MARIA
016-NLR-NLR-V-30-SUBRAMANIAM-CHETTY-v.-MARIA.pdf ( 75 ) Present: Fisher C.J. and Drieberg A.J. SUBRAMANIAM CHETTY v. MARIA. 75—D. G. (Inly.) Kurunegala, 10,264. Judgment by default—Several defendants—Contest by one defendant—Final judgment against others—Civil Procedure Code, ss. 87and 90. Where one of several defendants in an action appears andcontests the case, the Court has no power to enter final…