Unambuwe vs Junghamy – clr volume 2 page 103

In UNAMBUWE v. JUNGHAMY, the court examined the disputed ownership of land involving plaintiff Unambuwe and defendant Junghamy, focusing on whether an action for the recovery of land interrupts adverse possession sufficient to defeat a prescriptive title, and whether Kandyan deeds of gift are revocable or irrevocable. It was determined that the mere institution of a legal action interrupts possession only as to the suit itself and does not nullify ongoing prescriptive possession. The revocability of Kandyan conveyances was addressed, with the ruling emphasizing that once possession is resumed after an action is abandoned, the prescriptive clock continues. The decision overturned a prior judgment and held in favor of the defendant’s title by adverse possession, reaffirming that interruption