Welliwaththage Mendis Singho vs. Surrage Pranghasena and others – CA DCF 0715/1997-2022

In the case between Welliwaththage Mendis Singho (substituted by Weliwaththage Priyantha Anura Kumara) and Surrage Pranghasena with several other Defendant-Respondents, the court addressed the partitionability of the property “Kahatagahawatta.” The dispute centered on whether an earlier amicable partition agreement and subsequent possession by co-owners extinguished co-ownership, and on the accuracy of the Plaintiff’s asserted pedigree regarding share devolution through intestate succession and marital validity. It was held that insufficient evidence existed to confirm exclusive possession according to the alleged agreement or to establish the Plaintiff’s claims regarding antecedent marriages and descendants. The initial dismissal of the Plaintiff’s case was set aside, an interlocutory dec