Don Nichulas Clament Derrick Weerasooriya vs Warnakula Arachchiralalge Dona Annie Rita Fonseka alias Annie – SC APPEAL 175/2014-2024

In the case between Warnakula Arachchiralalge Dona (also known as Annie Rita Fonseka) and Hewafonsekage Prasad Annesley Fonseka, Hewafonsekage Sunil Stanley Remand Fonseka, Hewafonsekage Chandra Kumari Hyscinth Fonseka, Don Nichulas Clament Derrick Weerasooriya, Kurukula Karunatilleke Dissanayake, Lekam Mudiyanselage Nimal Patricia Magdaline Alexander, and others, the court addressed the proper identification and extent of land subject to partition, focusing on whether Lot 1A alone or both Lot 1A and Lot 1B constituted the corpus. It was held that only Lot 1A, comprising 7 perches, formed the proper corpus, and inclusion of Lot 1B was unwarranted. This determination reaffirmed the principle that clear identification of property and pedigree is essential in partition actions, relying on the