VALLIAMMAI et al. v. ANNAMMAI et al.

VALLIAMMAI et al. v. ANNAMMAI et al.

D. C., Batticaloa, 1,968.

Marriage-Cohabitation at husband and wife-Presumption of marriage- Ordinance No. 13 of 1863, s. 21-Ordinance No. 8 of 1865, s. 6-Hindu marriage-Registration -Marriage with deceased wife's sister.

In Ceylon there can be lawful marriages without registration thereof under the local Ordinances.

The presumption of marriages arising from cohabitation with habit and repute holds good in Ceylon.

By the law of this Colony there is no objection to a man marrying his deceased wife's sister.

PLAINTIFFS sued one Katpagepillai in case No. 1,685 of the District Court of Batticaloa, and having recovered judgment against him, sued out a writ of execution to seize and sell an undivided one-third share of a garden called Kalvetuvalavu, the property of the judgment-debtor by right of inheritance from one Tangamma; but the defendants claimed it when it was seized, and their claim was upheld by the District Court on the 19th November, 1898. The plaintiffs raised the present suit to have that claim set aside, and the one-third share declared bound and executable under the judgment in c

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