Razeeka Et Al. V. Mohamed Sathuck

1931 Present: Macdonell C.J. and Garvin S.P.J.

RAZEEKA et al. v. MOHAMED SATHUCK.

10-D. C. Colombo, 35,823.

Muslim law-Gift by mother and grandmother to minor children-Possession by mother-Right to revoke-Acceptance unnecessary.

Where the mother and grandmother of minor children, subject to Muslim law, gifted certain property to the minors, and the mother collected the rents on their behalf,-

Held, that the gift was a valid one under Muslim law and that no acceptance was necessary to complete it.

APPEAL from a judgment of the District Judge of Colombo.

A. E. Keuneman, for third defendant, appellant.

Nadarajah (with him Abeyesekera), for plaintiffs, respondents.

November 18, 1931. MACDONELL C.J.-

The facts in this case so far as material are as follows: -Mohamed Zain died on January 9, 1925, in possession of an undivided half share of the premises No. 43, Main Street, Colombo. He left him surviving his mother Saffra Umma, his wife Fatheela, and five minor children who are the first to fifth plaintiffs in this action. He died intestate an3 his widow Fatheela administered his estate under letters granted her in testame

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