The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1950] AC 493
[PRIVY COUNCIL]
H. E. WIJESURIYA APPELLANT; AND ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR CEYLON RESPONDENT.
ON APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF CEYLON.
1950 Apl. 26.
LORD SIMONDS, LORD MACDERMOTT, LORD REID and SIR JOHN BEAUMONT.
Ceylon
— Contract
— Crown lands
— Oral agreement giving right to produce of rubber trees
— Whether “permit” a lease or a licence
— “Exclusive possession” the decisive test
— Non-compliance with statutory provision requiring agreement to be in writing
— Validity
— Prevention of Frauds Ordinance (R.S., c. 57), ss. 2, 17.