Somaratna v. Luwis Nona – sllr 2002 volume 2 page 371

In the case between the administratrix of the estate of the late Meeriyagalla (Plaintiff) and the intestate heir/appellant (Defendant), the court addressed whether an administratrix may recover a business conducted on immovable property, as opposed to seeking possession of the building itself, and whether compliance with inventory and stamping requirements governed such entitlement under the Civil Procedure Code. It was held that the subject matter pertained to the recovery of business assets and operations, not the immovable property, and that the omission of the business from the inventory did not preclude the administrator’s right to sue. The principle reaffirmed that statutory procedural requirements are incidental when determining substantive rights to estate assets. The decision reli