1919.      Present: Ennis A.C.J, and Loos A.J.

FERNANDO et al. v. SOYSA.

117-D. C. Chilaw, 6,022.

Donation to take effect after donor's death-Donation inter vivos-Mortis causa-Executrix de son tort-Widow selling property without joining    the    children-Debts.

A gifted a property to B "as a gift that cannot be revoked at any time for any reason whatever, which' is to be owned by him after   my    death."

Held, that was not a donation mortis causa, but a donation inter  vivos

" A donation inter vivos vests at once in the donee, and it is only the delivery of the property which is postponed till a later date; and with the consequence that the donation is transmitted to . the donor's   heirs    if    the    donee    happens    to    die    before    the    donor."

THE  facts appear from the judgment.

Samarawickreme, for the appellants.

A. St. V. Jayawardene, for the respondent.

July 7, 1919.   Ennis A.C.J.-

This was an action for declaration of title to a half of a defined one-fourteenth portion of a  land called Davulkurundumukalana. It appears that the land was granted in 1889 by the Crown to one  Domino  Perera,   who  divided  it