Ukku V. Rankiri

 

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

and Mr. Justice Wendt.

 

UKKU v. RANKIRI et al.

 

D. C., Kandy, 17,688.

 

Estoppel by the deed-Notarial instrument-English Law-Estoppel by conduct-Evidence Act, ss. 100 and 115.
 

The English Law of estoppel by deed does not apply to Ceylon.

 

A   notarially   attested   instrument   in  Ceylon   is   not   equivalent   to   a   deed under seal under the      English Law.

 

 Don Cornelis v. Manuel Perera 1 and Tissera v. Tissera 2 referred to.

 

APPEAL from a judgment of the District Judge of Kandy.    The facts sufficiently appear in the judgments.

 

Van Langenberg, for the plaintiff, appellant.

 

W. Pereira, K.C., S.-G., for the defendants, respondents.

 

Cur. adv. vult.

 

March 26, 1908.   HUTCHINSON C.J.-

 

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment dismissing the action as regards some of the lands claimed.
 

The plaintiff says that Sundara, her husband, died in June, 1898, being the owner by purchase of the lands described in the plaint; that she, as his widow, is entitled to the possession of the lands for her life; that the defendants have

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