Kudasinghege Waidyaratne v. P.R.L. Jemis Jayasinghe – CA NO. 788/97 F -1997

In the case between Kudasinghege Waidyaratne (original plaintiff, later substituted by Ukwatte Kankanamalage Jayantha Ratnayake) and P.R.L. Jemis Jayasinghe (defendant, later substituted by P.R.L.C. Geethani Jayasinghe, P.R.L. Dharmasiri Jayasinghe, and P.R.L.A. Indumathie Jayasinghe), the issue concerned entitlement to possess Lots D and E, examining whether the plaintiff held paper or prescriptive title and whether the defendant acquired prescriptive title through adverse possession. It was determined that the plaintiff established legal title, and the defendant failed to prove prescriptive possession. The appellate court found the lower court erred in its analysis of possession and title, set aside the prior decision, upheld the plaintiff’s title and right to possession, and awarded dam