Ibrahim v. The Board of Trustees of the Jamiul Harirath Jumma Mosque and Others – sllr 1996 volume 1 page 368

In the case between Ibrahim (Plaintiff–Appellant) and the Board of Trustees of the Jamiul Harirath Jumma Mosque and others (Defendants–Respondents), the court addressed whether the Administrator’s Conveyance (effecting a family settlement) constituted an ouster of other heirs’ rights and, following a later partition decree, whether exclusive possession by specific heirs led to the acquisition of prescriptive title. The holding determined that exclusive possession of Lot 10 by James and Richard, maintained to the exclusion of other co-owners, amounted to an adverse proprietary claim and supported a finding of acquisitive prescription. This outcome reaffirmed the principle that clear, exclusive, and adverse possession, post-partition, constitutes an ouster of co-heirs and may perfect title b