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Property law RLR V.2 - 2020

NIYIGENAv. NYIRISHEMA

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Supreme Court
Case number
RS/INJUST/RC 00010/2017/SC

The Supreme Court held that a sale contract alone does not prove land ownership unless the seller’s title is shown, and restored ownership of the house to Niyigena.

  • Immovable property ownership
  • Contract of sale
  • Inheritance
  • Burden of proof
  • Invalidity of sale of another's property
  • Immovable-property-ownership
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