FRANCIS SAMARAWICKREMA
VS
HILDA JAYASINGHE AND ANOTHER

SUPREME COURT
SARATH N. SILVA, C. J.
SHIRANEE TILAKAWARDANE, J. AND
SALEEM MARSOOF.
S. C. APPEAL NO.7 /2004
S. C. SPECIAL L. A. NO. 111/2003
C. A. NO. 388/93(F)
D. C. KALUTARA NO. 2443/L
OCTOBER 24TH, 2006,
JUNE 21ST 2006,
JULY 4TH 2006,
SEPTEMBER 21ST 2006
MARCH 15TH 2007

Prevention of Frauds Ordinance - Section 2 - Any contract for the sale or other disposition of land or any interest in the land is invalid unless in writing and signed in the presence of a Notary Public and two or more witnesses - Evidence Ordinance - Section 68 - proof of execution of document required to be attested - Section 33, Section 101, Section 102, Section 103 - Evidence in a former judicial proceedings when relevant - Section 3 - Definition of proved and disproved - Standard of proof - Criminal and Civil.

The plaintiff-respondent-appellant filed this action in the District Court of Kalutara on 24th November 1976 against the 1st and 2nd defendant-appellants- respondents. The case first went to trial on 1st March 1978, and after trial the District Judge pronounced the judgment for the appellant as prayed for in the plaint