Edirisinghe Pedige Jayasinge & Edirisinghe Pedige Thilakarathne vs. Edirisinghe Pedige Mangalasena Edirisinghe & Others – SC APPEAL 130/2012-2014

In the matter between Edirisinghe Pedige Jayasinge, Edirisinghe Pedige Thilakarathne, and others (Plaintiff-Petitioners/Appellants) versus Edirisinghe Pedige Mangalasena Edirisinghe (deceased), Heenmenike Jayasundara, Edirisinghe Pedige Somasiri, and others (Defendant-Respondents/Appellants), the Supreme Court addressed questions arising from a partition action. Principal issues included whether the lower courts erred concerning the exclusion or inclusion of Lots C and D in dividing property, the handling and evidentiary value of document “Z,” allegations of misrepresentation and breach of uberrima fides, and the appropriateness of a de novo trial ordered by the High Court. The Court determined that the exclusion of certain lots was consistent with the parties’ instructions during earlier