Edirisuriya v. Jayawardene and Another – sllr 1995 volume 2 page 144

In Edirisuriya v. Jayawardene and another, the court addressed the issue of whether the plaintiff-appellant could rely on the doctrine of “tacking on” his predecessor’s possession to satisfy the requisite period for a possessory action, and the appropriate appraisal of evidence concerning the continuity of such possession. It was determined that the evaluation of evidence by the lower court failed to account for the credibility and the implications of earlier possession extending from the plaintiff’s father to the plaintiff himself. Established precedents, including Silva v Appuhamy and Raymond v. Wijewardane, were applied, and the principle was reaffirmed that lawful possession for the statutory period may include the predecessor’s continuous possession when succeeded by the plaintiff, ev