Pramachandra Ediriweera Seenimodara vs Somawathi Ediriweera and others – CA 107/99-2018

In the case between Pramachandra Ediriweera (Plaintiff-Appellant) and principal Respondents Bhadrani Kodituwakku, Sumanawathei Kodituwakku, and others (8th to 10th Defendants-Respondents), the court addressed whether the 8th to 10th Defendants acquired prescriptive title to the land “Bogahakella” through adverse possession, and whether the District Judge correctly dismissed the Plaintiff’s action for partition. It was held that prescriptive title had been established by the Defendants through a series of overt and unequivocal acts marking the possession as adverse to the Plaintiff. The court reaffirmed the principle that a party claiming adverse possession, particularly as a former licensee, must prove such possession with evidence of clear acts constituting ouster. The decision relied upo