In Brief
Two brothers and a plaintiff (members of a family) disputed ownership of agricultural land. The plaintiff claimed the land fell to his share in an oral partition of ancestral property effected in 1935, which had been acted upon for decades. The defendants admitted the partition but later claimed ownership through adverse possession, a 1940 Release Deed, and revenue records. The trial court and high court ruled for the plaintiff. The Supreme Court upheld this, holding that no adverse possession can arise among family members, the Release Deed concerned other property, and revenue entries alone cannot prove title. The defendants' admission of the partition shifted the burden to them to prove ownership, which they failed to do."
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