JUDGMENT

Raja Azlan Shah J:

The plaintiff claims that a piece of padi land held under Serial No. 44, Lot No. 140, Mukim Melor, Daerah Peringat, District of Kota Bharu, Kelantan, up till now registered in the name of Hamat bin Lembek (deceased), be transmitted and registered in her name, alternatively, for the return of the purchase price of $500, costs of this suit and any further or other relief as this Court deems fit. The defendant is sued as administratrix of her father's estate, Hamat bin Lembek (deceased). The defendant failed to appear in Court, though she was nerved with the notice of today's hearing. She has entered appearance and she has filed her statement of defence in which she denies the sale of the said land and claims that the plaintiff is a trespasser on the said land for a period of some 15 years; she also pleads limitation. The case comes within the provisions of O. 36 r. 31.

Briefly the plaintiff states that after the death of Hamat bin Lembek, his two beneficiaries, Said bin Hamat and Fatimah binte Hamat entered into an agreement with her to sell the said land for $500. That was in 1946. She duly paid the purchase price and went into occupation and planted pad