M. Silton Fernando, Uyankele, Panadura v. M. Thawlin Fernando, et al. – CA 1161-1162/2000 F -2022

In the case between Wedige Jaslin Fernando (later Lathaa Salgado, as substituted Plaintiff-Respondent) and M. Thawlin Fernando (later Mandadige Teslin Fernando) with Kumarapatabendige Premalal Siri Fernando (3rd Defendant–Appellant), the court addressed the issue of entitlement to a declaration of title and eviction regarding a specifically identified portion of land. It was held that the Plaintiff was entitled to relief, as the corpus was properly identified and the chain of title via inheritance and deed was established on adequate evidence. The principle reaffirmed is that in re-vindicatio actions, the plaintiff bears the burden of proving identification of the corpus and title, but where the issues at trial and evidence support clear identification and proper devolution of title, appel