Kithalampitiya Koralage Sandasiri Ranasinghe vs. Nakulugamuwa Gamage Gunapala – CA CASE NO. 104/99-1999

In the case between Wijayapali Hettiarachchi (Substituted Plaintiff-Respondent, ‘Sampatha’) and Kithalampitiya Koralage Sandasiri Ranasinghe (14A Defendant-Appellant, substituted for the deceased 14th Defendant), among other parties, the court addressed whether the 14A Defendant-Appellant acquired prescriptive title to the entire land “Pansale Kotuwe Kebella” through adverse possession and examined the propriety of using evidence from the Plaintiff’s first witness in a prolonged partition action. It was held that the evidence of the Plaintiff’s first witness was properly adopted, no valid order expunged it, and the District Court had correctly rejected the prescriptive claim following a comprehensive investigation into title and pedigree. This decision reaffirmed the principle that in part