19911125 TZHC Dar es Salaam

IlJ TTIE III ([I COURT OF TANZl\lJIA AT DAR ES SALAllM CIVIL Cl\.SE-HO, 197 OF 1_939 CASEMENTS AFRICA LTD•••o••••PLAINTIFF VERSTJS J.. ~-J.. LAIU A LHIITED o•• o • • , oDEFENDANT . JUDGME!..'£_ MASANCIIE,Jt 'lhis arc revolves on a vory ntix'row conpass. In fuoJ\i I a.:1 ercatJ,y_ . surprised wlw it was not settled out of court. The plci.ntiffs Casowcnt Aftioa I.,td. sol cl to the :1.of endants Jo W.Lo.clHa ( 1977) Ltd sor.10 allunium loUVl.'os fra.-aes. I coulcl not f'Gt the uctuat number of allu.i-:ti.nium frar.1os solcl, but Mr, Aril Mallcan gg_ of tho Court that . she frari1cs. -were of a total· valuo of shs, one million. Tho f:r-ailos 0 ot delivered. Sor,10 part peyraont was maclo, and not all. At tho tiue tho suit was filecl by Mr., Tffzana.a., loa:rnod counsol for tho plaintiffs, sono she. 531, 320/"." bcoaDJ outstanclinc. 1ho plaintiffs arc therefore aski.113 to be paid shs ar.10unt (Shs 531320) and :interest, at 30%. Mr. UzRJ1c.la has conputod that in all, the interest Will ·oorao to shs 411,177,.50. 1hat is- interest only. Mr. Uzanda, prcyor, ueain to be paic.l furthor interest ancl costs , as par court praotioo~ Tho dofondant company, throueh Mr. Avil Mill.lean DUI, docs not deny liability,. Infao-'a, if any thine, Mt•.. Malknn aclr.li tted ovorytld l'lG'• Uhat. ' ' it appears thoy a:ro disputints is the interest preyed for 1)y j\'f.::::. Uzanda. 'lho fiG,'1.ll'O of shs 411,177.50, ,as put up by Mr. Uzanda scor:1S JGo scare then. Agn:l..nt tho,y ooni1~1ro.n, or lWi1011t, I would rather swr, that w.l this has como ' . about bocau.so JHTZ _had not paid th.Oi"'J early enough,. Mr, 1',D.concly1., loamed Counsel for "ahc dcf ondant oor.1pan,y sulm ts that: ·.-,-,'1.10 dofondan t, Messrs J. W. Ladwa had not z,ocoi vccl p:-,ynont from .- tho Ministry of Dofonoc who in turn had not yet obtained funds :f'or tho our.r~nt f'inaJ.1,0iaJ. yc<JX f':ron Troasurj' ancl· tha-t po;y-r;iont was off coted as and Whan J. W..· LadWa :rocoi vccl 11nyr.1ont fror:1 tho Hi11istr-y of Defence, The liability of the Dcfonclant i.1 this i:lat-'Gor has not a:rison out of a coooor-oiru transaction. Messrs J • U. La.d:W"a had construotod buildil16 for tho Peoples Def once Fo:roe (T.P.D.F.) 1~hioh project can haxcll,y bo torncd oor:tnorciaL '' - 2 - . I :ronlly sco no Accusod of oo~,1plaining or lamcntin~ .on part of thc- dofond~ts. It is nak:oc1 truth-·-thn:t the frar.1os wcJ:o suppliccl to the dofonp.ant, ancl tho clofondant rust su:roly pqy for thou as_ thoy had arrrood. If not all raoncy aot paid~ swoly, the ro□aininc,- anount r,iust oar11 int~rost. · Evon if, ~ Mr. Mkondya seys, thoro was _no ozpr-ess aeroer:icnt that ~hould tho clofonclant ·dofaul t in peymont or not pay oa.rly1 then interest sho~d bo pn,yal)lo; even if tho oon-'ii:raot of salo· did not c1ey 10; yet r.icroantilo u.sil,Ga doran.nds that such mono.v should t;ct irotorost pnid on.it .. J • - E. C. Ml~S/11\JCI:E J.. U D G E Coram: ~ A. C.~-ircma,· l'i.[J ~oGistr-ar Absent/ •· fdr.. tho plaintiff_ ~ for tho dofond~t CC, Mauya ·· Cow,.t ~ J'udu"Tlont delivered. i1l tb.o absonco of tho-p~tios ~tel they should bo informed -of tho ou.tcomo of this judcnont •. Dato~:_ ... -0n-z5.11.91 at Dar: cs Saiaon. l CERTJ:Sli"l 'ri!A'll I! IS A TRUE COPY" FROM TIIE ORIGIU.l\I.,. DE~~ill DAR ES SALA.lil1 ... * .,., ,.