The Law Reports (Privy Council Appeals)
LR 3 PC 707
[JUDICIAL COMMITTEE]
JOHN GAVIN APPELLANT; AND JAMES FARQUHAR HADDEN RESPONDENT.
ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF CEYLON.
1871 July 5,
6,
7,
8,
10.
SIR JAMES WILLIAM COLVILE, SIR JOSEPH NAPIER, BART., THE LORD JUSTICE JAMES, and THE LORD JUSTICE MELLISH.
Ceylon
— Roman-Dutch Law
— Executor's power to mortgage or alienate Testator's real estate.