19940322 TZHC Dodoma1

.. ... -. ~ ~-~ ---..,-.._..~-~•"·-~ : . - . . '• • • • .· ,\·" • ..,. " 'll DI. mi- .. n:r~_: cmtrJ.-T- · ~:~·- -T.'..ll~ ·.: _ •• _. •• 0 • , .... 1.T·-ocn&u.:~.\ '::}~,~f-:;'.):~-c>? r.7 .:d(i.x- - cIVIL ..'..PPn·~J. 1m•. 4 . oF 1993 · · . .. . . . __ .- . (From the decision of the Disti=i~t C~-t ;r ~-,_~- ~a ,.·.. · .. --in ~~-~il-Ca.se N~.-5 of 1987f '.. · .: '": · .:...f •• :. ·r- ,,~ . ,": . . "., -. ,'. -:. . -~·-· , : ~ . . --~. •-_ . . .,._);.:•_:. . : :-o;,.;"c·-···· . ·•-.•~·•..... . ·._. . . imru-L· 1.ZIZ :1t.0It.J:mmr'··~ ~ ~·~ .~•.:•.rim,L,:N'.r . ' _;: __ i ' . . . . _,_ ·_. vmsus· ' " ','.-.J • . h. ·• ·:· · • l..TDI,1UU zunnu: Ia:. .:m ;~.-~---h~t:ifr~ .::'.•;.~ ~ . ,.. . _. .. :.u~-~· ;;.,,,1>1,_,.: ·· ;. ; .i·' ~;;.tJ'.1fo.l..1.u._•.t.. ·3• ...,,.. i' ... •• ..,,,.\ · - , ~ • .[._~ ... _. ,..~_l·;c;- _.._;'.'!_f· :: _-,~.•-~ ~• .- ··--::;,.• ~;._;,!· ... _~ .,'_·:,-:_ . - ·;· :i:· ~- ·. .·t .,r ~ .. :. ·.-· .... .. . , . _.... ~~ .. - .... :' ~•,• ... ,.: . The. ;oo.spo~-it .'..tl:!uma.ni Zuber~ I~-e ~ s ~ , ~1. . ✓.., .. ·th~-· ap:peilmt ,'Jld;,1 aziz .s/r, ,~.:o.~~ed ~ _a ciair.1 of'. a. .. ,-' • - • ..,_. ~ •• • .- .; - • - " J. • •· • • ~p~~?- ~i fua:~e_d ..p,t 'lo; ,• • • • • - • ~ • • " :1- _.. · Plot No. 11 Dl~k D_.in Kond9a._ Twpn.sl}ip • . T~.1e.'t?:i0.l..,_9~"th;el!i,_ ,'~~:t~e. l:._;,•;:._t ·i,_'·'.: 1 ••, · • i".:.._.~.,,1,,· ,. •·•··• ,,~_- ,•· '.l .. ,,,.·o.(-.•••''·., · --~-~i"e~;-.Qndent~-·¥4, la~q_ -~.o'4_(J.?.t the ~use ._in_ dt~:iu.t~. on .?4/~/1976 fi•on_ ~:tJ-1e ap~eilnnt' s y~unc ~other. \fu.e·. i_s .~a.11-ed .'..':.~azok ·s/;, ~10h$.1ed, then. .. :.· -hi.e adJi~jnj ~tr~~;:-;,1',;i:h~--:~.~t~te; -~ ·th~i.1:. ·:~co~~ed f,_;,:f;h~: l~Ioh~ed --~/• .~cl.an. Th~ . qpoll~{- using the· -~~c~~ 'ot ·m-r\~;uoe.t~ l-~.- -~~io~1G~~~ h~ ·.: ~~pealeci' to ·thi~ co~t~:' ~ ~ca11C?~~t-_ ~.a- ~~~-e~te~\~;y ~o~~a~ ~;;:~ "> .• • . , ••" .:_ t •" o O , • • , • , \ -• • I • < Mbezi. ~ .... One of' the r.1ci.n issues ·a.t th.e ti:'ilA.l ·iraa 'as'. to lm.ether· ·tho .. y~nq.or .Q)9-Ulr~~ . . r;;/o Jfob,c::.oed_.was -in~aiae when :he purported to sell tho · _ house in dia-pute. · ·1.:t· was common i7'ound .-1;1.t tha. t:.:ial -:f;l1.~t · the. vendor ..:..bdl.lh'~z~ s/r,· -Jfioh~ed __-who ;1me a.ppctil'{~ed adminis't:l.--ator· of the Qsk.t~f · · · ~ '· . . . ... of t4e:µ- de_oo~ed f:e,th~ 'tm~ d.iecl--in :1970,:·"Le[,Dll ..to ~sn.,w signs 'of insa.nity in 1972 1-,hen he beco.n to waste the ~stc.te · of the deceased. indisorimina.tely• Effttu:-ts to -tr-jr to replc.ce liiD o.s ~inistr.:itox bei;::'an by 1976 '1.,7 his· ~lder ·1)I'other the pr~sent a'.ppeli'.:-nt •. Ev~irfu~~ the '.. :'appellont 1 s efforts -~c~·eectea: in 1'984 1d1en'h~. '1n:--;s-~ppo·inte~a:>tli~ ~'L~~~;:itor . ~· ' . • . - .. •.•• . ' • ( •• , ... . • , •• .:. ... °',....,. , . . . .. • . ~ ~ of the osto.te ·oi- thett deceascd:'fttther· ih' pld::ei of ·11is younc''bro'tliei" ,: .• .l..bd·.tlr~".lc _s/o 1:lohtJned j · :fnd tll<.~t ·, ~s · ~bde .i:;;~ the .~I; ib·~-~o· ·::er it:iary 06,kt•. . . .. . . ' . . .. - . . . . . '. . \ . . '·, • :1 in i..:.---usllo: Distr.ict:.., ·The C.l)l)ellciit "c.fter ~;cine ~-:)j_:iointed 8.d.ministrztor :b_e:can' fo-~_09.:J,;te~t cll · the· p:i'op~ty oi'·' the· ·a.ci~c2,sed,::in6l;;_~ilic; fae. house iri 'diSI"-'-te 1r:.:·icll"J1cil..''be'eh sold to the··respo~dent ~ 1976 by hist~~ ~:~6thor. rt iiC.S tlle n;;~1i'att-'-e -CC.Se e,t '·the. trihl tli::-;t ,., 'the· ··~21e· Wu.S _;,_;i_·a:, ;./ -b.e ,., vendor wc.s ins~ at: the titic·;~r'-tlio -~c:~ C •• '.: -- ·: •• was insane ,.e,t; the time of the so.le • • ... : !;. • ' ·- ' • tl:o .s;_c_lo .nr;;-~~0an_t .-0~.e-M.1•. ·.llli s/ o Ntoraolc ·(Plie2) ·who testi-fioci th2-t tz.:.o vendor 1rns q_u:~..t;e s"1'io tl-.cn, m.1.ch th.:,,t they went with hira to tho l'rir.12.ry ;- "<·:::.~-t '."- .. :.si(;t) 'f.lic ~al.'e -~cement .and ~on 'ih~o :f:fuey wont to tl1.c L2l'ld :: -.:.•-.:_·.: '.}(; tb Si:@i ·a:dcuracmts :for tlie'·ti-~sfbr ao6a. •.. T'n.cn' '..,0th the r0spondont •• ... .. ·•• • • ,t • 'I ···-. - .. . .. J.'-espand.e.nt t'.nd. l'W.a- ~f'iO<'l. •. that,. h ~ .oaso, t!io veJldo.r ~ COCotipa.nwl · by his older brother (now o.ppo1lc.nt) who sicnod t!1e sale cv....;reem,int us a w1·~ess ·foi- the vendor~ Counsel for the resi:;ondont Li.fr• Ji.oezi citod s, 1,_(~,!2._:i 1:;9i0ontraot Crd:uw.nce Co.~, ~3l ~- i l ~ em ~ o :person mey sisn a oont;;;-aot 1-tion he is in .an intorlude poriod of sol.U'l.l. r.:ind. He subni tted that. the vendor mu.st have JJoen in on intorlud.o of sol.lll.d mind •, I • . • when ho a.ic;ncd tho sale cont..'<l.Ct as he did D.11 tho rational thincs r.equ.i::ad in a s.ol.e transaQtion. t,_,_ . <I• olJ tiko ti.'1,f;l J;~@. coi.u'1i ~~ find• that tho v_cndor raust have teon on M intm~ of eou.nd nind 1mcn ho e-O.Ud1wtod t.11.0 s.tlo atrD.n~~ _. ,~~ :~ evidence of _an ~J.)Qlldo~ :7itn~ Ji.lr • illy s/ o If toaola. (pr;1• 2) -tb.~1- ti; vendor- 1.?6216,;.oa f,~,ti;nclly c.1i the tiDc tliey -front. to thd :t:rincry Com~t CJ.~ to tho Lciid 'Cffi~e. · T..i'~uJi PW.2 tiould oo s;id ~~ca an i.xo ·to (,Xi.rid b e ~ hi~:~~ ho :tou}lt ~oiu I'Auulra.ze.k· s/o 1t;hru11cd kre' confi~~icd .... .. -~- .·\~·.· . : .. , by tho r,:pl)ollarit when ho ,ms n.:-:pointcd adLli.nist:c.to::... of thra deco'1-sQd's .. . . . . .. . ·, . . .. . . . ost~,te, yot I find. that hc"vras a. tl.-i.itb.ful -;n. tnoss. !nd so like tllo u'iol ~ .. . •. ... , . ~ -~ ._._. . . . • _t; .... ·. -1 oo~t I accept that tho appellant vra.s-;resont d~in.::, t:1~, snJ.c· ~d tho si[)'lP.tW::e on the sal.o ··ao:-QOOCllt E:x;b...,;.:. e..s n. 1rit11css for the venq,or ie ~ ; .t . .. I reject 1;he cofrtcntion fy the a.p:pcllcnt ~<'-t he w.s o.~rcy in Zam'bia ul1011 t:10 sdo t.'ansc.ction took pl2.00, 'Ihc i\.J.'l'Oliwt lras· OJ.'ol.llld, as."'that was tho rcriod when ho vr.:.s t:.:-yinc; ·to· rooove his yo'Ullc.. 1)ro thcr ··as c'ilµinist.:..--ctox of .the cs-tc.tc of the d,eooasgd. ·It · is oy fincl.inc; therefore t!1.::t ·at the time of sal<:j tho vendor w2.s in an inter- ludo of' sanity,- and if he ire.a partial:13" insnn,r tho vendorla intereste were pi-otcctcd by, his elder l"Tother ( the t'.j?j_JOlhnt) l·lilo was pi.:esent tbro:"ch 01..1.t the. transo.ction • .. . . . . ~1~. o.p~cllant 1 s . purport.ad sale a.().'.'cement concerned ~ counse::).. ]:-tr. llweyoncoza. D-4'[,UOd fpebly thn.t· -t;;.:o Flot No •.. 12 J3lock . . J3, while the tt-cnater .. . .,. ·. . ,. . . . . . deed e:x:ocutea. at the Li;ind Cffice conc~ncd l?lot No •. 11 Block n. • • • ¥ • -~ ,: •. l . . •· 'l'hr,t point uo.s cmpl¥ clarified 1:;y the Distr:ict Land Officer of Kond8a ]!~. Mt:L'_io s/o. Ch~do {PtT.3) c,e woll as t>o lirnd. Offi,cor frou1 .. th0 no:.::,,ioncl L811d Officor in Dodo:oa i1r. IIalfcni s/o l{::,uc'i.c (P~i.4). • :Doth the~e 1dtnossas testified tho.~ in 1969 thoro \ro.s (1 re-su;.--vc;/ encl str'U.cturinc; of tI1c ~-lots on Dlook D. in Kondoa. 'lib:mship, ,lhereby Plot lfo. 12 was :reduced in si.:::;o n.nd ~ F l o t No. 11, 1m.ilo tho f01nor Plot .Ho. 11 uas extil1e,uished. So :Plot No. 11 end Plot no., 12 refer to t!10 sOD.c vlot after the 1969 resurvey rnd st."Uctiu:inc;. T'.c..crofo1'e the contention 1J;? ;:,,ppellc.nt•" coun~el -I1ii-'.. RweJ~oncoza tb.2-t c.pvollant -entc:.•od t~10 -r1rc:-10 ploi; is- not tenable in ·view of t110 f'uln:1..11c-,tinc cvido:nco fror,1 Fife· 3 and PW.4~ Be tho,t as it r.1c-.v, in ~ consido:red viou the cl'tlcial issue i:1 t2l:: s :-.:_1J?G?,l is as to itl.1.othcr th:13 •v~dox. could p2,ss .title ~ the house .,, • • .,j r We .::..:i..'O satisfied t:.1'-'-t it is element~:iaw:·tl.).a.1: ,_· -nn .e,ppollr-.. tb.: cow.·t 1·c C::uty bound-to tclce_ jw:U.cicl ·noti.Qa. of. tiitt~~ _of law :.:elev~'b 'to :tb,e .-".~G cvon --µ- SL'!.oh natters -:::~e· not ;:.•~.i~ed in _the tioticc of a.;ppoal Ol" .in• tho uemo;;:cmb.m of c,i-,j_J_eal. 'Th.is Ls M l1eOt1USO ~h . cow;-t . . is il C~~t . - . .~. -~ilawi·,~d-~t .~ --.'j. •-..., ; c, cou;;."t of' the 1-x}J;tioal ' · ~ SiLlild ~em..~ka·were- ~.;lin n2.de •L-y Mya.lali C.J~ · ~'"l· the co.tie bf ~Q.._v_g,.~ • . . . '. . . . . )io ~ .Jo ...le.Ji9fiPi6arl '1::~±l=. 4 3fhJijUi,).£9,1a, k:1JWr,..,~~c"'~ ... ' t l!'i.r.~ ell~ ~tl!J e:f i~'ti' in ·thl,;s'. coun'b.'y_ ~e . ... . . di.i:ty l:ound to take j1.'.~i.ll noti~e cf c.11 .; : eonstitut~ r.rid 10:. cl r.i~tt~~ - Sooon<Uiv,/ t.~1.e . ..~"·. ' ~, ·- - . pcJ:-ties but ai~e eow;,ts of lr,w Clld !l.;.ve tlliis ·-~ ' . ' .; . ~ •. '-'-·- - inhs.~'cilt ~isd.il.#ion to i-.r~- ~ 'io eons~ L1at;;; ·1?.1i.ch··6.;~."~cce.es~y to-,,, fc.ir ~- j~~t decision ~f ~ e~se. 1 _The:.:eft,.j:O l t1nd thc:.t it is quite p:..'oper for tl'.is court to z-d.,tise the ~ t 0.S to 1i10tb.er, an .adminisP,:'?,tor of t!ie estate o:f ·the decea.oed has r01~ 'tg d~!-0.)011~· i>ff~ ~op~ty he "r she orle)injste;ra 1;i:t1.o-qt the ~W1~ 8:f'. o.ll tlle · b<,meticio.:-~s. :tt i.s =.onw,ti~ that c'!Jl o,dtilinist-:o.tor of '.the. ·,. estate of f.1e deceased ct~es n.,t becooe the 01mer of the :Y.'ovc=.;'t" lie OJ: S:1e adl'iinistei'e e>n balml:f' of tb.e beneficic;::-bs. Tie oj;' ahe ic "- ocre ~'11.stee of thr:t . p:..•ol)oo:-ty o;.1 behcl.f of t!:-.0 ~)eneficii~i,eo. tJntl~ .§, _67 of tho ..-:.nc1. 11e, i io O~;:,dinanca- Ca:o. -,,3A ·;:-.n c.dwinis~:c,ta:: of· t;.10 dceoc..s~d•·s.• e;tr,te • • • iili ~ ~ con bec~n:''·~e.: of t?.10 estc.te ef the cl0co2,acd 'by c,:.,:,lyin..:., to t;J.C :..l.oci'stl:Ol; of Ti tlcs in ~ :9:,:,csm-i~_'.od fo:,,n (libm 20). L:fter tb.e llc:.:cist:.·o.;1; ~".z Titles c..ccepts t21e · . applicc,tion,. :tlicn the .:,,cu:u.nisu,atOl' of tJ1c c:::t::-.te of the deceased becooce .... the · o~:110l' ~OC•.'oof vd th pe·:rei- to disJ)oae off tl.:.o sc.nc. ,, . - - ~elr22::=is__tl.'a.tion i,f l~..C..9~d• s Estc~s ~~r::.O-a:.£o~ta_GN.li$)• . Even the Uules fo:i: - ~L~ll cle~J.;y- st[:ie ·thc:~ tho 2..d.tinistratOl' of the ostde of the decc~13od L10J:'cl;y- 2.dninist<Xi:'s the eatD,te ··•n .'bd."lal.f of. the,bene_?:'ici&-i~~- 1mt he is not the o,:ner ~f the estate. l.nd so en adriinistr.:-,t~ C<'.lli'iot pc.ss title to the buyer, : ,s ll.e does not 01,in tJ.1:,,t !)Z'Op~tj,-. 4 ~ I -In this case it is cloD-T :t.N>r.:i tho ~owt ·iecord that the ----" "dl:Ceasecl iett .five chilcb:en one. a wifo. .And it ·is okoar·· from the evic1onoe t, .·, . ' . . . -that the ~istr-a.tor o:f til.e estate of tho deccn.sed ·sold the house 1d.th ".,..,._ ., " l the consent· of,~fil:y~one -'bcnefioivry-1 :.l~iie the other· three cru.ia.ren of • ' ' C •,.~, • ,./ • •' • the deooased und the· ~,ifc ·of tlie"' de-cec.,sed. ( SJ.0 ·!1c,s ·; ~llnre of.. inheri t...mce under I~i~i~ l~w) were not ~onsul ted:-;or dj.d ".;~.icy. ~ivo" iJlofi" consent to 0 -the sale of the hous·e., · ftJ.tl.nk·the or.1iiaisi01T~;u,s-fc.to,l.•snd .t.J?-us.~the scl.e is voio..: So the so.lo 01.,1.il1t to 1)c :;_•ectificd,,Oi."' no:.'l:lcl.i:3ed DJ'.' SC0\11:'in;'..; consent f:ix)n tlic ··othcr :;o:ncficiaries. ~¼larrnb.ilo the house . shoiJ.d :i:or.1o.in in poor-:ossion of the 2.r1Dinist'.i:::-,tor of tho estcte of the deceased until consent to the sale is o~:tcincd fi:'ouf tJ..e otlle.l"' ".Johef5.c1a;;.•ics. If the consent· is :,ftbheld tl1oi'l t;.10 01.,;,."?ent c.drJ.nist::.•..:,to:;:· of tho est2,te of tb.e deceMe4 s>.?uld ~_ompehsr,to tJJ.o "!:uyer thG C1.U'J:'Cl'lt v4~~- of the l1ouse, ~1e .'val.1,\0 o.f, :wch b~ d~t~r.lil'l~iJ. }JY a·''.gµ,..-µJ/j._oA.:v~s.J,:u~. : ·com;pe~s2.ti61J .should ,: ·be LU'l.Cle \r.i:t:·dn six_ montl1s f~oLl tlie tir.ie tho vc,.lv.Gr deterr:1ines th~- ·.cuz·;c~ ' ~,'. -~--·-·,~c-· • '_,_.,,;~r •"" • •• .., •·'l~• r<, • • .( ... ~. __ ; . - ~] . . . . . :._ .. ,. "'i, .•• ·1 .• :,, value of tho house. . .. to~- . -pby cor.rpensc.tt5.on . ' . ' In .de_:rpu~ witpin si:lr nonths, ... · the house ·sl1a.J.l b<e¢one tb.e-r.ropGity oi' ·thc{l.n.iycr, that 1s the -·~. . 0spo11dcnt ' ' '!.. ·. ~ . ,' . in 't~1is '~ppoal., ·· · · · :~- In;; :th~,. event tho o,y}?cal is pc;_.•t~: dlo::cd, · on tc:rtis. .ller~ove ind.icc,tQdc•,,,.,:::.:.:.- J: _... :_· _ :its ovm costs o-f tllis o.ppcoJ.,, Orde;i:-_ e.c_~or~~~:iy. ,·. 001.insr.l • ·- -- --- ,. : .. ,. . ", · <:, .L .. ·r '.:.,itnDYZ~ ·:~ · JUDG3 . r·-;_-, .·:. •. } • • ., .. . . r •• t