Ramanathan Chettiar V. Barfi Lall

1927 Present: Garvin J. and Maartensz  A.J.

RAMANATHAN CHETTIAR  v. BARFI LALL.

20-D. C. Jaffna,5,870.

Official administrator-Application for administration by a creditor-Appointment of official administrator-Letters of administration pendente lite.

An official administrator should be appointed only when there is no fit and proper person to be appointed administrator.

Where proceedings are pending for the appointment of an administrator it is open to the Court to appoint an administrator pendente lite.

Neemath Umma v. Abdul Wahab 1 [(1919) 6 C. W. R. 288.] followed.

APPLICATION for letters of administration for the intestate estate of Mathan Lall by the appellant .is creditor of the estate. The facts appear from the judgment.

H. V. Perera (with Navaratnam and Nadarajah), for appellant.

Croos DaBrera, for 1st respondent.

Hayley (with Rajaratnam), for 2nd respondent.

Joseph (with H. H. Bartholomeusz and  R. L. Bartholomeusz), for 3rd respondent.

July 13, 1927. MAARTENSZ A.J.-

The appellant in this case purports to be creditor of the intestate estate of Bajanamand Mathan Lall, late of Khurja in India.

The intestate and hi

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