MOHAMADO HANIFA v. LAVENA MARIKAR et al.

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

and Mr. Justice Wood Renton.

 

MOHAMADO HANIFA v. LAVENA MARIKAR et al.

 

Ex parte  OMER LEBBE,   Petitioner,  Appellant.

 

C.,  Colombo, 11,140.

 

    Assignee of decree-Right of substitution-Right to bring fresh action  on decree-Discretion  of Judge-Civil Procedure  Code,  s.339.
 

The   assignee   of   a   decree   is   entitled   to   maintain   an   action   on   the decree   against   the   judgment-debtor.
 

Ramen Chetty v. Frederick Appuhami 1 distinguished.

 

APPEAL  from  an  order  of the  District     Judge  of  Colombo   (J. Grenier, Esq.) disallowing an application made by the appellant under section 339,  Civil Procedure Code,  to be substituted on the record in the place of the judgment-creditor.
 

The application was made on December 9, 1907, and the facts on which it was based are set out in the following petition of the applicant: -
 

? 1. On April 7, 1898, the plaintiff obtained judgment in the above case against the first, second, and fourth defendants for the recovery of the sum of Rs. 2,000, with interest thereon at

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