Wickremaratne and Another v. Alpenis Perera – sllr 1986 volume 1 page 190

In the case between Wickremaratne and Another (Plaintiffs) and Alpenis Perera (Defendant), the court addressed the issue of whether the plaintiff proved that land described as the “corpus” had been effectively separated from a co-owned property, and whether a co-owner acquired a prescriptive title by adverse possession or ouster, despite the absence of clear documentary evidence of division. It was held that the evidence failed to establish exclusive adverse possession or severance sufficient to confer a prescriptive title. The decision reaffirmed that, among co-owners, the requirements for prescription demand clear proof of ouster or exclusive possession distinguishable from mere convenience. Reliance was placed on registration extracts and chain of title documents rather than disputed or