Letchimanen Chetty V. Abdul Rahiman, Ex Parte Muttusamy Pillai

 

Present:  The  Hon.   Sir Joseph  T.   Hutchinson,   Chief  Justice,

and Mr.  Justice Wendt.

 

LETCHIMANEN CHETTY v. ABDUL RAHIMAN.

 

Ex parte MUTTUSAMY PILLAI, Appellant.

 

D.      C., Colombo, 24,694.

 

    Sequestration of goods by one creditor-Application to sell by another creditor-Rights of party sequestering the goods-Civil Procedure Code, ss. 653 and 660.

 

Where goods belonging to a debtor are sequestered under a mandate of sequestration issued under section 653 of the Civil Procedure Code, any other judgment-creditor of the debtor, who has obtained judgment before or after such sequestration, is entitled to have the said goods sold in execution of his decree.

 

APPEAL from a judgment of the Acting District Judge of  Colombo (F. R. Dias, Esq.) refusing to order the sale by the Fiscal of certain goods.

 

Bawa (with him H. A. Jayewardene), for the applicant, appellant.

 

Sampayo,   K. C.   (with   him   F.   M.   de   Saram),   for   the   plaintiff, respondent.

 

Van Langenberg, for the defendant.

 

Cur adv.   vult.

 

     April 16,   1908.    HUTCHINSON C.

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