19940310 TZHC Dar es Salaam

) J& TIIE IIIGII C('l.J"RT l'JF TAI'IZ.AHIA . OIVIL APPEAL NO .. 6 OF 1985 ( I) c.;:::;ltl,'.i:DS Mt'.SNi • (2) PAULO MEEi.fA • • ( 3) JOSEE'II MUSITIT , .! . ~ ..,.. o • • • .APPL!CAN.I: "\'/:IlRSUS ( I) ?JTIGIS'r:w. f-<F ..D'JII,,,.DJGS ( 2) IGriI. ROG1:..T'i'E, , ..•• " , • , ••••• P.E:lPOl'f.DEl.if.l: • J TT ~- G M EN T :MKU:DE, J: · Thi:ii is an ~peal o,eP.ins.t a ruling of the Prinoi:ral Resident Magistrate 'of Lar os_ SalGam at Kisutu in which he dismissed the auit •n th~ greund iilmi; tho rno.:tt··,r is ros jud.ioata. 'I'he first appellant, cru.:RI.Jil3 MOSES, wn.s suo·d 1)~ -:;}rn sec(mQ res:pond0nt, K.M. ROGA'.ITI.]}1 in RM Civil Ca9.1 lfo~6 of 190/~ t.,r vace.nt p0ssossion 0f apa.rtm~nt Ne ut2 en !'let N•• 2eo67/93 along 1Vlorc,g0.ro Road., :Dar cs Salaam whi•h is ta• suit ';premisws in th,) 1:>resont apT,,z,al which started as BM: Ci'"Til ,. 19e,4. . 'G.l,arl\JS Hoses icst tha _suit in tho Resid,mt Magistrates t . . . Oasc. N•.6•·•:f' ' O.irt ~ • where :a.gath:3 1·rG:' .. r.0r.;Jared tho lav.·:fr.1 t .•ma;r~ (},:: the sui-t ~remi~. 1 Ie -~, a.l'l:p~ed ·t• the Iii@'l Cc:>urtl) ITis iippeal was ·dismissor. with eests. Charles M"se13 ai)pecle<t" tc, the.'."-_,!,< :,.: ,J..pp0r..l a.nc1., in an u.,.'1. :pre._e·c.•ntet ~~v•, tk~ · oouT·t; :1f A;peal in ·-~> i_,: ·· ~-,--nJ. lJo. 26 .,,f 1984, entarei. a oens•nt ••e S•~.aE!ide ~ a nullityo . j~ent t© th.e ~ffec~ tha" -~11: 0 vi.u.6 ,n.:,n·t ·,;f ;he r:igh U~urt (Mnzavas JK) . ' • ·-.. ·hil• · the apucLJJ. r;,r Che·,:-·L ..,.~ }f.;ses i;, L ..., ')_;,,(,_ v 1.;•.L Ap11eal was still . p~,BM Oi-.:..-il"' Ca,a(.) !o.6(9 o't ·1904.oam,<: i'•.Jr hi_,a:rd...>1g before Masn.ncb.e,l'RM1 as he then .-ra.ci, wh~, aftc,r hearing c0ur.,,sr:,J f,:.:r )8:th parties •bse...-ved: "I -ihw.k·I ~~e wiiih ,.~,,. KijUt;:- bliu.t the matter, is in f'aot, I'QS jucl.ioata" The fr:.~..es frac:1e~1 by Mr"' Mara.hd•, are in..f'a.ot. .,. wlµoh ·r·rera eliredly in issue:, or c~'h~tru•tively, a.. issu:.'ls . ~ oa.n."l'J.•!r!; h)<:• tl::.e roas-:m for Mr,, .Maran_cL~ ts splitting hairs, &S .~ I it w0rr;, and suggesting that if. we at:ju.dioab~ en what- h;a wants . ' • ill! tn Q,(ljuc.:i.cate 5 the . conso;;_Ul!>'.(1.ceS (uay ll'">t a.ffe•t t~ •aoisi•ns . ' ..., . .bl' C'ivil ll.pr,eal N.--.,21/r.t~ r' apel11gizo for ~f nft *0I'1;:llle te · authr.rilfos cite?. 'Jy VJX., ~a.rw.P, but this I"faT, beoa.usr it ie . ,clea:r in rzy ~:in~.• ·t:'la~ t:\,,.c mat~er is res. jUfioata, 11 It ls ti,."is ruling th~t j:C~ tp.reo a:p:Jollants a.ro n~ ¥ 1 ~ in· tkis ...a.~:,aal. ' ~l filay r''l rortinent tp ,:ont' i·~.n \qre t~a-b t•r tf'~e plaintiffs/ ;,~:1,,11.,nts are 4erab"rp 0f a :;::artn.:;rsb:i~ called 11 :rn.LE ~ ~~• . _ftrm~•·r •y f~/ ~;f' yartn(".rBhi) fatn. 3tth 1-ec"'mbe'r 1,,2. j l 4 .. "' · ·• "/ 2- . . .... .. · ~- _, 2 On 8th June 1SG3 t~~e tl~ee partnel'S Kere ,ffered a tellc.'J'l•Y by -..he Rf!cistrar of :I3uildinC,13 in respr-ot rft tt;_J.l t:1··s0 prr.:.o.ise:¥ knmm wS apartmen-t n:J.1.'lbe.I" 0C2 -.n; the r::::o,mcl_ flror . f -:;he 1Juildinc <'11 plct No 2006/93 Moi•:~co::.·o Ro2,dr in the cit;.- Centr ·: , f l'•ar as SalL'A!ll.. 11 ·· Ae·cordinc; to t:11.') plaint Charles I:Ioses~ who fs the 1st plaintiff, ecoupies th...,s0 p:•e;;1is0s awl.. he'.$ been in occu::;,atie:n tJ:ince 195.9 when ha becar.D.e a te;1c.,nt r:,f rne L.,G .. 1..b::ulhussein, the former Oim~r •f the rt.iildincr pria tr, its ac~_uisi ti,.n under t~10 i~-:,quisition <,f .Iluildings il.ot, 1971. The plaint fw.ther alleges tn.c,t in 1931 the second defonacant, R•1:s~tho, request,:id C!.1c..rlos Mns'es to share the suit :premises, the-·ef'f'ice sto;t'·e at t~10 b2,_.1;:, and Cb.c.rlef'l :Moses weleomed thi:i second defendant t~•ra.rily on co:1di ti, n thct he seeks his 4.lm accommod.atien·· iu'ld. vaoate wl:en requested to do soo When t:1e time cc.me the socond 'dofendo.nt dof'aul tod. ti1e writte-n stateraent of d;:ifenoe this suit ·•ugb.t ·U be • • ttay~d becauso t~e matter in issue is also .gire~tly and subst.m1tially in issue in Rl'-i Civil Case lfr '56 @f 1984• whiol1 gave rise te High C•-qrt Civil Appeal No 21 ,.,f 1984 whc:Je epp8al to tl1e court @f Appeal •:.is · pending. The d~fc:100 •::'..oEies t)1e allsgations in the plaint n;nd puts.the plaintiff te- strict pr,;cf -!.;'.· .,·, · ·,f'-: 2hr, ciefendnnts assert that the 1 • -::c> the se~nd defondant ReG'.i,strar f,·f Tiuild.incs >t:..d. ·. ;-:i;,-~"l'i ·r ::-i:locn/Jed tho f;!Uit promisos. Tho .:i.:;c;, __ 1 i: _r,. •,~:,,Ject.1.1(/l F 11erws that j~~ant was entered ox pa.rte, n.cainst the Ro.;:.."'·~.:.'ru.' ,.;, ..hlldngs cm 27 .9.84 fellewing T:a.e a:ppellcUJ.ts lists@. ;;rwon g:round.s :,f a.1-ipoal :mt in th'.> oourso •f ' - . heaving ef this a1)peaJ....,:,nl·y tw0 substa:.0.tiyq g.rr,,unds w@rc orguod by' Mr. Semgalawo, loa.rnod .Jr.;unsol f ,J' the &.};i)ellf'· ... t8::. The f'est w_~r• aba.!1;d-cncd~ The first ci•ound is that tho loarn~•i Principa,l Resid,!)nt Ma.cistratc . ·." :• g_· . erred in law in ro~ior;tin&," the e.:;;: pn:rte judo:i(;Jnt U{sainst- th.i first respenient, . passed ,y his e1m ,ourt,. and in so. d@inG he w.r-ongly cqnstitutf1 him an . appella~e tri 0U11ulr With due rer:reot to l.VIre Semgnlawe th0r~ is nothing in the rulixig awenloo against to suggest that tho 0::: parto jUf-{Pont • t - • \ ~a.inst ~the Regint:.:-ar /"If Buildings has l)t1en rejecteflT 8n th, ,,ntrary, tho l.oarned. ;'.1'~1c~::_)nl Rcside~t Ma{sistrate f:pxessly ~~r hios_olf to RM Oivil ij~e },ti 66 of 19G4 and. the fn.ct thct Charles Mose~ wht is . -the appellant in 1Iich Cauxt Civil ~:ppec.l N~,21 0f 19D;t. is nrrl~a.cuting ttis suit aga,in.q-l; Roeq.the. and. tbe Ilegl.i:t~Ta.r ff' Tiuila..:Lngs, ' ' ..../~ • 3 • • • f ~' As the. R_?gisto:c of· Buildins,s ,·rns nd a p2.i:'ty in fill'! C!VIl., 0.aa" ·N••-"719&4 thecnm:plaint l)y It.,., Set1galc1,we i:J not juntifieci.. Grantee, that ~x pa.rte .1: t, • lJ • jurlo'7fllent waa pD.,GGod P.,.8'ainst the Registrn.r ef Bui\din[:,'S on 27.9~84 '· I) tb.• prr:-iont suit 1-:01..lld still c-ntinuc br-twoen Churles· Mos~s and his i . .~ \t, ~ ·~ twl' partners r.n t:10 "no hCl1,--._ an-'!. K.M .. Roc;cth121 on the other. T'ae s~e reas··.ninc 1.mod ::;:r t:,; ::..eo..rned. Principal Resident Mac.,i.st:.:-at• would ap:9l3r ovun a:i:-:;er the eli~.1ino.tic-n ,-:,f the Registrar of Buildings • The second c;r[ und r<f appeal relates ·bo rer; judicata•..The •omplaint . ~ere is tho,t rrn judioata :'..,...,es n. t _appl;r beceuse at the tim. of dooisi•n BM Civil Case ~~o. 66 '."f 19G4 was not· final}-y decided as an appeal te the Court cf Appou.J.. wan still p~nc1..in6<> It would lqlpear fro'ra -.;:ie ruling appealed against -t:12-t the learned Principal '.Resident J"Y.4i,gis-.rata .-1as an.a. awa.rl'> that an ap]:leal ,ms pen._iinc, · l'lino~ hfj eiays so in his ruling, ho qu1:1tes seoti'.'n G cf t~10 . Civil Prooecl.ure Code which decls l.i"t:1 11 Stay cf Suit 11 ratl1er thro1 11 :a.es ju:'.icda11 ·which he says ap.p.li•s in this • I• case. With resp-'1ct 1 I -!;hi:rilc this wclS a.n n.ccidantal slip on ·ihe po.'rt ·•f tho learned Princi:puJ. RosLl2nt Magistrateo Ile ~ught ttt havi- ••q•• the Guit as .. soo-tion G·c:r tbo Oir. ~.J. ?ro0odur(., C0de which he has .quvtod morely 1 ... ,._ ; • ,olt " bars the. ocurt fr~r-. 11 pJ~ocoof.ing w;th the trial." Section .9 itf tlie Code .... . . . . . which rt.eals with R,;s jud.ic~,ta 1:.:2.I's the oou:rt from trying m1y •uit and I. n•t junt proc0oii..'1G w2.th -t:. ___ <..;_c ~ soc"ti,:111 G dace. •· ' I w,-i awa:c-'? that the G·, :c' r:t -\::_:-;,:;,.el bar: ~l.ready finally di.•JX>ocd ._¢ the appoal in R\i Civil 00,i:H., ·1v,,¢ 66 ?f 19Di.-o ::!: t is thoref~r• fe:;:-,. the pa.rtios to a:hooao u::.iat ic nGw ~h: best cc,-m~se t~ adopt,, Dut fer•ib.e purp~s os of this .rir::pr~al I arr. 1 oft with no .::i:J ~ ~0.i:1 -but to aJ.l•w it and ,_,erd~r that. t:io. rmit struck off by tl;lo lea:rncd Principal Resid,mt ,. M¾,rj_E,!;rat~ be r-;.st-.:-,::-od... In vie,-r '-f that has tranopired· I will :.:iake '.9,." .; ,.,.,.- •rder . as to costs • 'I.'. L. ' lliKlJIE, , JUDGE t . 7.2.94 10.3.9.4 . OerSffii .A..RolYia.J'.l.~tc, SJJR Semgalaw,:--f,r tll-- appellant Mrs Oana fer_ tll,· 1st rospl')ndont ,lasent .-:f,:,r onr~_ rC'!spon:lon~. ·' ,IC.N:t1.,,r.t_,_, . ( . .. "-~- 1 • ' (' C!;lI't: J1.adg,Gnt read bcf ,,re the ;pm-tier.: • ., i •