Uduma Lebbe V. Uduma Lebbe

1912 Present: Lascelles C.J. and Ennis J.

UDUMA LEBBE v. UDUMA LEBBE.

109-D. C. Puttalam, 1.

Lunatic-" Of unsound mind and incapable of managing his affairs "- Appointment of manager of estate-Civil Procedure Code, chapter XXXIX., s. 555.

For the purposes of the appointment of a manager of the estate, and the further orders which can be made under chapter XXXIX-of the Civil Procedure Code, it is not necessary to prove complete insanity rendering the alleged lunatic incapable of looking after himself. It is sufficient to show that he is so far unsound in mind as to be incapable of managing his affairs.

THE facts are set out in the judgment.

Sampayo, K.C., for appellant.

Cur. adv. vult.

van Langenberg, K.C., for respondent.

October 16, 1912. LASCELLES C.J.-

This is an appeal from a finding of the District Judge, on an inquiry held under chapter XXXIX. of the Civil Procedure Code, that the appellant is of unsound mind and incapable of managing his affairs.

The appellant is admittedly a person of limited mental powers, but it is contended that his mental deficiency does not amount to imbecility. The question is, therefore, o

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