1937   Present : Moseley J. and Fernando A.J.

KOWLA UMMA v. MOHIDEEN

99-D. C. Colombo, 3,962.

Foreign judgment--Action on the judgment of an Indian Court-Proof of copy -Seal of Court or signature of Judge-Evidence Ordinance, ss. 74, 76, and 77.

Where, in an action brought in Ceylon on the judgment of an Indian Court it is sought to produce in evidence a copy of the judgment,-

Held, that the copy produced must either be sealed with the seal of the Court or be signed by the Judge, who must attach to his signature a statement in writing to the effect that the Court has no seal.

APPEAL from a judgment of the District Judge of Colombo.

N. Nadarajah (with him S. Mahadeva), for defendant, appellant.

A. L. J. Croos Da Brera, for plaintiffs, respondents.

Cur. adv. vult.

November 2, 1937. MOSELEY J.-

The plaintiffs obtained judgment against one Thana Mohamed in the Subordinate Court of Tuticorin on November 29, 1928, for Rs. 1,100 together with interest and costs. The defendant died in 1929 and this action was brought in 1935 in the District Court of Colombo against the executrix of his estate for the amount due under the said judgment. Th