Pannala Appuhamilage Kosala Surin Wickramasinghe vs Pannala Appuhamilage Sumanaweera Wickramasinghe – SC APPEAL: 11/2013-2021

In the case between Pannala Appuhamilage Kosala Surin Wickramasinghe (by next friend Panapola Kankanamlage Seetha Kumarihamy) and Samarasinghe Arachchige Somadasa (5th Defendant/Appellant), the issue concerned whether the deed executed on 15‑05‑1995 (P6) by Awin Wickramasinghe transferred both the land and the standing house to the plaintiff, and whether a subsequent deed (P8) could sustain the 5th Defendant’s claim to a share in the house. It was determined that deed P6 conveyed the entire corpus, inclusive of both land and the house, precluding further valid claims by the 5th Defendant under deed P8. The principle reaffirmed was that, in the absence of clear reservation, a conveyance of land inherently passes all permanent buildings upon it, pursuant to established legal maxims and preva