1946 Present: Howard C. J

EBERT SILVA, Appellant, and WIJESEKERE, Respondent.

81-C. R. Panadure 9,499.

Registration of Documents-Competition between deeds of transfer executed by a person during his life time and, after his death, by his heirs- Same source-Decree ?affecting land?-Decree in 247 action relating to immovable property-Is a registrable instrument-Registration of Documents Ordinance (Cap. 101), ss 7, 8, (b).

P conveyed his share in a land to plaintiff. After P?s death his intestate heirs conveyed the same property to defendant. The deed in favour of plaintiff was not registered in the correct folio, whereas the conveyance by the heirs of P to the defendant was property registered.
   
Held, that the two conveyances proceeded from the same source and that the deed in favour of plaintiff was void as against the subsequent deed in favour of defendant by reason of prior registration.
   
Held, further, that a decree which the plaintiff had obtained as against P?s heirs in an action brought by him under section 247 of the Civil Procedure Code was a registrable instrument within the meaning of section 8 (b) of the Registratio