[2013] KEHC 2798 (KLR)

[2013] KEHC 2798 (KLR)

The application was unopposed, and the court found merit in the applicant's request. The court held that, in the absence of opposition and given the evidence that the respondent was intermeddling with the estate property, it was appropriate to grant the orders sought. The substitution of the respondent as petitioner...

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Citation
[2013] KEHC 2798 (KLR)
Parties
Applicant: John Muathe Kituku; Applicant: Peter Muindi Kituku; Respondent: Priscilla Koki Muathe
Court
High Court
Court Station
High Court at Machakos
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Case Number
Succession Cause 540 of 2009
Procedural Posture
Succession Cause / Ruling on Interlocutory Application
Outcome
Application allowed as prayed. Orders granted as sought by the applicant.
Judges
BT Jaden
Legal Topics
Succession, Administration of Estates, Intermeddling With Estate Property
Source Language
en
Family and Children Succession Administration of Estates Intermeddling With Estate Property

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Parties

John Muathe Kituku

Applicant

Peter Muindi Kituku

Applicant

Priscilla Koki Muathe

Respondent

Procedural Posture

Succession Cause / Ruling on Interlocutory Application

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the respondent should be substituted as petitioner in place of her deceased husband.
  2. 2 Whether the respondent should be restrained from intermeddling with the estate property, specifically land parcel No. Kangundo/Kivani/309, until administration is complete.
  3. 3 Whether the respondent should be restrained from making permanent improvements or altering the landscape of the estate land.

Ratio Decidendi

The application was unopposed, and the court found merit in the applicant's request. The court held that, in the absence of opposition and given the evidence that the respondent was intermeddling with the estate property, it was appropriate to grant the orders sought. The substitution of the respondent as petitioner was necessary for the proper administration of the estate following the death of the original petitioner. Further, injunctive relief was warranted to prevent the respondent from interfering with, damaging, or altering the estate property until the estate was properly administered. The court exercised its discretion under the Law of Succession Act and the Probate and...

Court Disposition

Application allowed as prayed. Orders granted as sought by the applicant.

Orders

  • The respondent, Priscilla Koki Muathe, is substituted as petitioner in place of her deceased husband.
  • The respondent, by herself, agents, and servants, is restrained from intermeddling with the estate of the deceased by damaging, uprooting crops, planting, and dispossessing the applicant of parcel No. Kangundo/Kivani/309 until the estate is administered.