19900412 TZHC Dar es Salaam

.,, -~ f;(.f~\ if;f"'•··• :,[:{),.,:'· ·, ..::)::. _;: :_, : ,,·. ({ ,~ '•1\'.je• l .• , ,,,, ,, ~G, \}wv-A ~ '-•- ... ,;;:;..i ' ~~c_k-oJ.oq Di TIIE II[GJ I; ouro: OF TiiNN'Zl.lU.l : . JJr Dtr? ES Sl.Liilll"1o MI3CELUJJGO:JS CIVIL l..PPE.£L IDo 4 ~F 1990 vorsus I, ! • liBD4LLXll FLDIITLI m PILI SJ:.ID• ., o,, ......... ~ ..............~ . M.llS JU\t}EE,it ll On first sight, this soonod an o n t ~ ua.ttor. fut when 'I oallod fo,: ell . tb.e rolovru1t fiics 1 tho L1attcr t,;,.;xued out to bo as sinplo. as a, b 1o, ~nti.alJ-Jl'~ tlliaJJ.atto~,oanc. to oourt as a P:robato Ca.use. Tb.o Probate , ~ was -Oi)Oned in Dar cs SoJ.a".11 lTioar-.r Courts. Later it w,as ~isoovorod1 by a llis.tr;i.ot Oourt when th0 natter rront to it on a1)1JOaJ., that tho Pl"Obato Caua0 ought to have boon_ opened L1 Zanzibar. The p1Ubato matto:r in fact got opened in ~bar-aud tlloro---~- Ni¥?.S:L~l2 raw& has boon a.l)pointcd an adn1nis-trator. If ona l.'Oada tllo :rooo:rd.a, tb.o . :p:roso.ut :ros~n~. ~ _do:i,v.il'.lg -ttt,J.o imr.1 ~-~!nu.r;lwai. Now I how doos the applicant obue in? Tho ap-Qlioant has bought this houao fmtl a. :pcrrsorr-·oaJ.lod Dayisl, IsaoJi:.Lvninzo who also,. if one :roads ·tho roooro ha.a foatu:rod quite a lot in tho probate cat1so.s Mr. Mwakam.u1t;,cula infomcd tho ,-;h~ 6ourt that this l'IW Dmd iS the ono who has boon tho source of all those, ~ ' problems. Ile is htis ono who - has po sod as an Mlninistrato:r and sold tho houso to appli.oant Ma.kamba Raj abu. Mro Mwa.kasu.ngula says that when tho oaao oonos up for roa1 hearing they Will shvu tho Court that thi13 Daviq. Isc.;ok L)Pll,lZQ,, is a oonman. lis I said oaz-lior, this r,iattor is siopla. Tho only two issues boforo no a:ro 1d10tl1cr tho refusal by the lo_e..111od magistrate Ohillonji sm to stcy oxooution of tho ori9r '.of Msuya RM lrhiol;l ordorod for tho sottina aside of hol' om.er f,iwn oxparto w·as ri(3'.11t and (b) wt.ether there should be an o:ro.or for &1.Ving inaaoaai.0-n ¢ tb.o prom.sos for the applioant. W'i th regard· to .tho fii'lJt insuo·, nar.101y, whether 'lhiilonji-SBM was right in rofu,.. • sing to stay· o.:x:ooution 1 I rrouJ.d scy that he was oonoct. Mstiye, ~1 had given an o:rd.or in favour of tho a.pplioant S-.:io later cot satisfied that tho 11Cs1)0ndont a-3ai11st whoo sho gave on order had not boon served with surnnons to nppoar. Sho -tllon sot asido tho o.xpa:rto orooro In law sho wa13 porpoctly onti tlcd. to do so • •• •• /2••• 0 ~ 2 In tho caso of Daj_kin 1.i; QolJdoti~·ninp; (EL.) Ltd, y, K,if,onia J)QvoloppgQ1 1or129~;i.on :t,td,o 19~4 LRr n. 12 r.iy b:rotho;r: Brru:iblo J I quotas tho oaso of Shah v. Mbogo (I967) Eo A. 116 who~ :it seys: _ , '-. "Tho oou.rts diso:rotion 'to set asido a ju~cnt obtained oxpa.rto is intended to oxo:roiso 'ta avoid ~justioo l'OSul ting fl'Oiil BQQidont, inadyo;rj;gn¢o o;, o:x:ousabJ.5) Q;ist!lm o;- Qlwt'Q=L! , but is not dosii:;ncd to assist a person who has dolibo:ratoly aoue,iit, whothor by ovassion·. .or otherwise . to obstruct .or doley" ' . \ i:ha. OOUl.'SO-of justioo (onphoais r.1ivo) 11 _,,,. Tho1'0 was no ovido ..100 to show th.at tho 1'0s1:xnido~t is othomso obstructing or dol.~ne tho oourso of justice.. Olosrly hol'O th.ore was an orror on tho faoo of tho xooord in that who:ro as tho trial nagistra.to thoUG).t tho :ros1)0nd.onts WOJ.'O sorvod with notioo to a.p)?Oar, it tuinod out ol_owly to bo that the rospondonts noyor know .of tho date •. If', thon, tho riac;iot~to sot :asido tho o:x:pa.rlio oTClor, tho 'rosultant -~nco.:'WOuld., dn:f'ii:ul-'bolj"-bo that-tho status quo was to 1?0 mainta.inod, fJt tho tine tho order was na.do, tho :rosJ.X)ncl.Gnts ·wore tho onos occupying tho house~ Evon if tho. applicant had. 1 a£tor esotting tho o:x::parto order, mn.ftly l'JOWd into tho house, thoro was nothincr st~"'O or w.rollG in QJllOring f o;i_. his iwod.iate :ronoval. ls to whotho~ Lshould. o:t'd.or for :possession of tho suit p:rom.soa by t.bo a.p:Plioant, I oey that that oa.nnot bo done now. That will be one ·of tho issuoo in tho Housing Tri bwial. ·., If I Dc\Y raako· a gonorol ooonont. I notice that tho applioa..1t is not l'OJ?rcvontod by any lawyer. If ho had, I at1 qui to su:ro ho would not havo boon advised to rush to apJ_JOal to ohru.lon{JO tho setting c,Sido of tho ospa.rto oidor of tho Mrs Mseye..-BM. . Again., of tho applicant , had boon· roprosontad by a la:wyor ·~9 would not have boon mvisod to file appeals acaim t tho lano ol'Clo:t'S m two J.ifforont :plaoos - tho High Court u...i1cl tho Housincr ilppoals Tribunal. 1~1d incl~od without projudioi,lQ' tho oaoo in the TtibunoJ., if tho subject n;:,,ttor is the owncrotip of the houno, 0110 wondcro wby tb.o raattor is in tho Housinc Tribunal at all and not in a Court of let-To Indood tho application by tho applicant Mn.kmbe Raja.bu for sottincr oaido tho o:ro.or for allowinc tho ro □1xmc1.onts to stey in tho suit p:ror.tlsos ponding tho outcono of tho ca.oo at tho IIouainG" 'tribtmaJ. is disnissodo It is disnisaod With costs .. It is also furtho:r o:rdo:rod t:t.at the natter oontinuo M tho Jlousi11.g Tribunal., in l~pplioation Mo. 439 ot 1989, which I soc is sot for oontion on 20/4/90. 12th April, I990 __ J .. E.C JH.SliHCIIEl Applioant-p:rosont in :i;x:,rson Mr.lihlakasungula for :rosiJOndonts. JUDGE I ocrtify t!:.d it is a tn10 copy of tho 0:ci1f al. DEPOT