Weerappereuma Arachchi Athukoralage Don Gunasena v. Dorathihamy – CA 477/1997 F -1997

In the case between Weerappereuma Arachchi Athukoralage Don Gunasena (and others) and Dorathihamy, Weerapperuma Achchi Athukralage Don Karunasena (deceased, with substituted parties) and others including the 7th to 10th Defendants as Appellants, the Court of Appeal addressed questions surrounding the correctness of a District Judge’s decision regarding the partition of land known as Kosgahawatta/Kosgahakanatha. Key issues comprised the adequacy of the District Judge’s response to all contest points, the proper identification of the subject land, and whether the Defendants’ claims of prescription and discrepancies in evidence were established. The appellate judgment determined that the lower court’s treatment of contest points—including contest point No.17, which pertained to alleged contra