[2023] KEHC 26092 (KLR)
The court found that the application for reinstatement was misconceived because the petition had never been dismissed. Furthermore, the grant issued in 2002 had not been confirmed for over 18 years, rendering it inoperative and useless to the estate. The court exercised its discretion to revoke the grant under...
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- Citation
- [2023] KEHC 26092 (KLR)
- Parties
- Applicant: Eunice Atieno Okudo; Respondent: __MISSING__
- Court
- High Court
- Court Station
- High Court at Kisumu
- Jurisdiction
- Kenya
- Case Number
- Succession Cause 467 of 2001
- Procedural Posture
- Succession Cause / Ruling on Application for Reinstatement and Status of Grant
- Outcome
- Application dismissed; grant revoked; parties to petition afresh; file closed.
- Judges
- RE Aburili
- Legal Topics
- Grant Confirmation, Revocation of Grant, Succession Procedure
- Source Language
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Parties
Eunice Atieno Okudo
Applicant
__MISSING__
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Succession Cause / Ruling on Application for Reinstatement and Status of Grant
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the application for reinstatement of the petition was properly before the court.
- 2 Whether the grant issued in 2002 should be confirmed or revoked due to inaction.
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the application for reinstatement was misconceived because the petition had never been dismissed. Furthermore, the grant issued in 2002 had not been confirmed for over 18 years, rendering it inoperative and useless to the estate. The court exercised its discretion to revoke the grant under section 76 of the Law of Succession Act and directed interested parties to petition afresh, thereby closing the file.
Court Disposition
Application dismissed; grant revoked; parties to petition afresh; file closed.
Orders
- The application dated September 1, 2020 is dismissed for want of prosecution.
- The grant issued on January 30, 2002 is revoked for being inoperative and useless to the estate.
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In re Estate of John Agingu Okudo - Deceased (Succession Cause 467 of 2001) [2023] KEHC 26092 (KLR) (22 November 2023) (Ruling)
Neutral citation: [2023] KEHC 26092 (KLR)
Republic of Kenya
In the High Court at Kisumu
Succession Cause 467 of 2001
RE Aburili, J
November 22, 2023
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN AGINGU OKUDO – DECEASED AND IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION BY EUNICE ATIENO OKUDO - PETITIONER
Ruling
1. This Succession Cause was filed in 2001 and a grant was issued on January 30, 2002. Summons for confirmation of grant were filed on September 9, 2020 but the same have never been prosecuted.
2. There is an application dated September 1, 2020 seeking for reinstatement of the Petition which was never dismissed.
3. The application is dismissed for want of prosecution. However, the grant issued has taken too long to be confirmed. It is inoperative and useless to the estate of the deceased John Agingu Okudo. The same is hereby revoked.
4. Parties interested in the estate to petition for a fresh grant.
5. This file is closed. I so order.
DATED, SIGNED AND DELIVERED AT KISUMU THIS 22ND DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2023R. E. ABURILIJUDGE