Category / NLR_V_52
KIRI BANDA, Appellant, and HEMASINGHE, Respondent
010-NLR-NLR-V-52-KIRI-BANDA-Appellant-and-HEMASINGHE-Respondent.pdf 1950Present: Swan J.TCTRT BANDA, Appellant, and HEMASINGHE, RespondentS. C. 624—M. C. Kandy, 6,758 Evidence Ordinance—Section 112—Child horn during continuance of valid marriage—■Presumption of legitimacy—Meaning of “ access ”. The word “ access ” in section 112 of the Evidence Ordinance is used inthe sense of “ actual intercourse ’**and not “ opportunity for intercourse…
GUNAWARDENE et al., Appellant, and THE KING, Respondent
026-NLR-NLR-V-52-GUNAWARDENE-et-al.-Appellant-and-THE-KING-Respondent.pdf 14$ [Court of Criminal Appeal] 1930 Present : Nagaltngara J. (President) , Gratiaen J. and Pulle J.GUNAWAEDENE et at., Appellants, and THE KING, BespondentAppeals 39-40, 42-44 of 1950 with Applications 80-81, 83, 85-86S. C. 24—-M. C. Ratnapura, 16,250 Court of Criminal Appeal—Accomplice—jMisdirection, as to meaning of term—Conviction vitiated—Divided verdict—Applicability of proviso to section 5…
FERDINANDO, Appellant, and ABRAHAM, Respondent
043-NLR-NLR-V-52-FERDINANDO-Appellant-and-ABRAHAM-Respondent.pdf -1950Present: Dias J. and Gunasekara J.FERDIXAXDO, Appellant, and ABRAHAM!, Respondent S. C.516—D. C. Panadura, T.K. 866/25,551 .Appeal—Case conducted in person by appellant—Non-compliance with Civil AppellateBuies—Abatement—Petition of appeal—Formalitiesnecessary when not signed by advocate or proctor—Civil Proceduli Code, s. 755. Where an appeal has abated for non-compliance with Civil Appellate Buies,the appellant is not entitled to…
RATWATTA, Petitioner, and BELIGAMMANA, Respondent
011-NLR-NLR-V-52-RATWATTA-Petitioner-and-BELIGAMMANA-Respondent.pdf 19^9Present Basnayake J. RA.TWATTA, Petitioner, and BERIGAjV.T]VXANA, Respondent Application for the Execution of the Decree -in Election PetitionNo. 16 of 1947 (Mawanella) Election petition—Taxation of costs—Registrar’s function cannot be delegated Parliamentary Election Petition Rules, 1946, Rkile 33. The Registrar of the Supreme Court cannot delegate to a Deputy Registrarhis function of taxing costs in…
WADUGANATHAN CHETTIYAR ,Appellant, and GUNASENA, Respondent
027-NLR-NLR-V-52-WADUGANATHAN-CHETTIYAR-Appellant-and-GUNASENA-Respondent.pdf 1950Present : Jayetileke C.J. and Swan J.WADUGANATHAN CHETTIYAR, Appellant, andGUNASENA, Respondent S. C. 457—D. C. Kandy, 1938 L Sale—Two portions of same land—Sale of one portion together with its appur-»• tenances—Meaning of “ appurtenances ”—Effect on the -rights of the owner ofthe other portion.» If a person erects » house and sinks a -well…
SUBBIAH PILLAI, Petitioner, and FERNANDO, Respondent
044-NLR-NLR-V-52-SUBBIAH-PILLAI-Petitioner-and-FERNANDO-Respondent.pdf Present : Jayetileke C.J. and Swan J. SUBBIAH PH/LAI, Petitioner, and FERNANDO, RespondentApplication 366—S. C. 209 'D. C., Colombo, 17,332 _Privy Council—Application for conditional leave to appeal—Action between landlordand tenant—Valuation of the right to possession of the premises—Appeals(Pricy Council) Ordinance. Copt 86, Schedule, Buie X (a). In an action between landlord and tenant the…
ASIRVATHAM, Appellant, and GUNARATNE, Respondent
012-NLR-NLR-V-52-ASIRVATHAM-Appellant-and-GUNARATNE-Respondent.pdf 1050Present: Jayetlleke C.J. and Gunasekaea J.ASIRVATHAM, Appellant, and GUNARATNE, Respondent S. G. 171—D. C. Ratnapura, 7,137 Kandyan Lato—Succession—Illegitimate child—Right to inherit maternal grandfather'sproperty. Under the Kandyan law a child who was not born in lawful wedlock is entitledto succeed to the maternal grandfather's property if the child was not theresult of an “ unauthorised…
ALGAMA, Appellant, and BUDDHARAKKITA, Respondent
028-NLR-NLR-V-52-ALGAMA-Appellant-and-BUDDHARAKKITA-Respondent.pdf 1950Present : Dias S.P.J. and Swan J. ALiGrAMA, Appellant, and BUDDHARAKKITA, RespondentS.C. 5—D.. C. (Inty.y Colombo, ■:59/Trust Buddhist Temporalities Ordinance (Cap. 222)—Sections 11 (3) and 32 (I)—Right ofprovisional trustee to preserve a temple's temporalities—Meaning of “ Viharadhi-pathi ”—Section 2—Effect of the words " unless the context otherwise requires ".Where a provisional trustee for the…
VANDER POORTEN, Petitioner, and VANDER POORTEN et al., Respondents
045-NLR-NLR-V-52-VANDER-POORTEN-Petitioner-and-VANDER-POORTEN-et-al.-Respondents.pdf .1930Present: Nagalingam J. and PulIeJ.VANDER POORTEN, Petitioner, and VAKDEE POORTEN et al., Respondents JS. C. 444—Application to tvithdraw the sum of Ms. 3,000 deposited withthe Registrar of the Supreme Court in S. C. 79—D. G. (Inty.) Colombo, 6,889 T. t Privy Council—Withdrawal of an appeal—Application made thereafter to withdrawsum deposited as security—Proper procedure—Judicial Committee…
ARALIAS, Appellant, and FRANCIS, Respondent
013-NLR-NLR-V-52-ARALIAS-Appellant-and-FRANCIS-Respondent.pdf Present: Dias S.P.J. and Gunasekara J.ARALIAS, Appellant, and FRANCIS, RespondentS. G. 510—D. C, Galle, X591 Partnership—Action for dissolution and accounting—Plea that there was no agreement in writing—Burden of proof^-Meaning of “ capital ”—Prevention of Frduds Ordinance (Cap. 57), section 18. Where, in an action for dissolution of a partnership, the question "waswhether the capital…