Dharmasiri v. Wickrematunga – sllr 2002 volume 2 page 218

In the dispute between the Plaintiff-Respondent and the Defendant-Appellant, the court addressed the proper pleading necessary to sustain an ejectment action and the sufficiency of title establishment in the plaint. It was determined that a specific prayer for a declaration of title is not mandatory when the basis of title is adequately set out in the body of the plaint and accepted for trial by the framing of relevant issues. The claim of prescriptive rights by the defendant was rejected in favor of the plaintiff, who established title by a deed of transfer. The findings reaffirmed the principle that pleadings must be read as a whole, and technical omissions in the prayer do not preclude the court from granting relief where the substantive basis is pled and tried. The appellate decision r