Nagaratnam V. Muttutamby Et Al.,

Present  : Ennis J. and Shaw J.   1915.

NAGARATNAM v. MUTTUTAMBY et al.

196-D. C. Jaffna, 9,651.

Tesawalamai-Inheritance-Property inherited by grandson (daughter's son) on death of grandfather-Grandson dying issueless-Do both uncles and aunts inherit the property of grandson ?

A died leaving him surviving two sons B and C, a daughter D, and a grandson E (by a deceased daughter).

Held, that under the Tesawalamai the property which devolved on E on the death of A was inherited on the death of E issueless equally by 6, C, and D, and not by D alone.

THE facts are set out in the judgment of the learned District Judge (M. S. Sreshta, Esq.):-

It is common ground (vide the pleadings and the admissions on the date of trial) that the land originally belonged to one Manikavasagar, who died in 1876 leaving a widow, Mannipillai, who died on October 10, 1686. Manikavasagar had two daughters, Aminipillai and Parupathypathinipillai, and two sons, Kanapathipillai and Ponnambalam. Aminipillai predeceased Manikavasagar, leaving a son, Theivanathan, who died in 1898. Ponnambalam died on September 20, 1895, leaving a daughter, Nagaratnam, wh

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