A. L. Ibrahim alias Samsudeen vs Thambi Lebbelage Samsudeen – CA 655/1998-2012

In the case between Ibrahim Sihana and J. Monnowwara (Substituted Plaintiff-Appellants) and Thambi Lebbelage Samsudeen Mohamed Lebbe, Asana Lebbelage Nabeesa Umma, and others (Defendant-Respondents), the court addressed whether the Defendants had acquired prescriptive title to lot 3 of the land described as “Galkandahena,” thereby excluding it from the partition corpus. It was determined that Defendants-Respondents had established ouster and long-term exclusive possession of lot 3, meeting the legal threshold for prescription among co-owners. This conclusion was based on careful evaluation of property deeds, witness testimony, precedent relating to ouster and adverse possession, and the facts revealing exclusive, hostile, and uninterrupted occupation by the Defendants. The holding reaffirm