Dawooduge Mohamed Abiyar et al. v. Haji Lebbai Mohamed Ismail alias Mohamed Lebbai – D.C. KURUNEGALA CASE NO. 3532/L-2021

In the case between Dawooduge Mohamed Abiyar, Dawooduge Sajahan, Dawooduge Mohamed Nizam (Plaintiffs) and Haji Lebbai Mohamed Ismail alias Mohamed Lebbai (Defendant), the court addressed the validity of a deed of gift (P1), the effectiveness of its purported revocation, and the sufficiency of the Defendant’s claim for prescriptive title. The court held that the deed of gift was not validly revoked, as the donor lacked authority for unilateral cancellation, and found no sufficient evidence establishing the Defendant’s purported prescriptive title through adverse possession. The court reaffirmed the principle that, absent clear evidence of a valid revocation and sufficient demonstration of adverse possession, legal title remains with the Plaintiffs. The decision relied on Roman Dutch Law req