Weerawarnakurukulasooriya Boosabaduge Daisy Matilda Fernando & Another vs. Jusecooray Mohotti Gurunnanselage Veronica Josephine Fernando & Others – SC APPEAL 81/2013-2023

In the case between Weerawarnakurukulasooriya Boosabaduge Daisy Matilda Fernando, Weerawarnakurukulasooriya Boosabaduge Reeni Prasida Fernando, and others (Plaintiffs) and Jusecooray Mohotti Gurunnanselage Veronica Josephine Fernando, Mahabaduge Francis Fernando, Mahabaduge Katherine Fernando, and others (Defendants), the court addressed the issue of the correct allocation of ownership shares in a partition action over a parcel of land, particularly whether the plaintiffs were entitled to a ½ share or smaller, deed-based fractions. It was held that the plain wording of the documentary evidence (Deeds P1, P2, and P3) supported only the allocation of 7/288 shares per plaint-deed, rejecting broader claims to a ½ share allocation. This outcome reaffirmed the necessity of strict reliance on doc