Kalukapuge Thomas Perera vs. Lanka Lands Company Ltd. – CA DCF 0541/2000-2024

In the case between the plaintiff (deceased plaintiff-respondent and his predecessors, including Punchi Appu) and the 3rd defendant-appellant (Apogee International (Pvt) Ltd, previously a company), as well as the 1st and 2nd defendant-respondents (co-owners by succession), the court considered whether a prescriptive title to a specified portion (corpus) of a larger land could be established based on long-term exclusive possession. The case examined the proper identification of the corpus, the validity of transfers and deeds, and the maintainability of the partition action. It was held that the plaintiff and predecessors had acquired prescriptive title to the corpus, which had become distinct from the larger co-owned property. The court reaffirmed the principle that uninterrupted, exclusive