D.G.Jayatillake vs D.G.S.Piyaratne – CA NO.896/99-2014

In the case between D.G.Jayatillake (5th Defendant-Appellant) and D.G.S.Piyaratne and others (Plaintiff-Respondents), the court addressed whether the District Court judgment validating the devolution of title among parties and the partitioning of property should be set aside, and whether the plaint filed by the Plaintiff-Respondents ought to be dismissed. The key issues included the validity of two deeds (Nos. 24594 and 24595), the proper identification of the land to be partitioned, the effect of an alleged prior amicable division in 1968, and the legal soundness of the distribution of shares. It was determined that the deeds in question were valid, the alleged 1968 division did not preclude partition as it was not supported by executed deeds, and that devolution of title was established