Judgement

Appeal from a judgment and decree of the Chief Court (September 23, 1913) reversing decrees of the District Judge of Tharrawaddy.

The appellant and the deceased respondent each claimed that according to Burmese Buddhist law he was the adopted son of a Burman and his wife, both deceased, and that he was solely entitled to inherit their estate.

The facts and the effect of the decisions in Burma appear from their Lordships judgment.

1917. June 5. G. 8. Sanders, for the appellant.

F. J. Coltman, for the respondents.

The arguments were directed to the facts and the inferences to be drawn from the evidence. Reference was made to the authorities mentioned in the judgment.

July 5. The judgment of their Lordships was delivered by

SIR WALTER PHILLIMORE. The litigation in this case concerns the succession to the estate of U Shwe Mya and Ma Shwe I, Burmans professing the Buddhist faith, a wealthy married couple who died childless—the husband early in 1906, and the wife on February 9, 1908. Upon the death of the latter a contest arose between the claims of Maung Thwe, a nephew of the husband, and Maung Tun Pe, a nephew of the wife, each claiming to be the sole adopted child and to suc