19900126 TZHC Dar es Salaam

... IN THE HIGH COURT OF TANZANIA AT DAR ES SALAAM PROBATE AND ADMINISTRATION CAUSE NO. 64 OF 1988 IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE JEAN CHOMWAl AND IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION BY DAVID ISAKA LUNINZE. RULING Th'is is an applicatj on for revocath1n of a grar,t of letters of. administration filed under sectjor 49 (1)(b) of the probate and Administratior ordina'."lce cap. 445. prior to the grant in question, appUcar,t and respor,dert each f~ led separate pr,1bate cause fr, Ilala primary court ,... ; . and·Magomeni primary court, respectively, for the admjristrati0n of the estate of the deceased or,e Jea"' .chimwaj. Each of them was graPted letters .----,_ of administratior. BUt appljcart challe"'ged the legality 0f the respondert•s gra-t he'"ce appealed·t.J the d·'str:ict cot.rt. por reasor,s contairied j r its judgme-t, the d :i_str:i ct c,,urt •-:-'ull if ied both gra,..ts. The court made a fl ... d:i_ .. g; i.-ter alja; that at the t5me of his death, deceased wal domiciled ir za,.zibar a"'d so the matter falls·~,.,der the jurisdictio"' of za..:.z:l bar ..court:s. The partj es were accordi;.;gly advised to file probate pr.)Ceedjrgs .i ... the appropdate court i,.., za. . zih~;~ Heedful to thfa advice, applica-t, fHed pr::,bate cause No.~5: of 1988 ir the Hi?Jh court i,.., za.-zjbar. The matte·r is still pe"'di$-\g. :. 0'"' ·the other harid ir, defia"'ce. ·to the dj strkt court, s adyice, respo,.,de"'t: dee idea to fj le probate cause No. 64 of · 1988 .. ir this court. He was accordingly gra,..tea letters··of admj ... ist:ratio"' ·o,., 15th N0veh\ber,· 1988. Ir tfiis applicatjot-:, the app~ica,..t is fjrayi ... g for··the rev,)catfo.., of tfie said .. gra'"'t 0"' twt:> grou,..ds. '.·~ £ . First applica.--t is argui ... g that the respo ... de-t did ... ot reveal!,., hi~ ~ poi;!ttio,., t'Form 26) that there had bee"' p·revj ous court: proceedi,..gs i,., co,.,rectio"' ..with the··deceased estate thereby co"'ceali ... g from the court some material i"'formati o.... A"'d sec,J"'dly, as .. ru.led by the appel'late district court, the pr__.,per f\Jrum for adjudicatiu,... of this matter i"' za,.,zibar. witti respect;· b0th argume ... ts are··s,>.Ud. u,...der paragraph 9 of probate a"'d Admi,..ist:ratio,..,, Form 21,"respo-de"'t was specificatly required to reveal whether cir ,...ct t:here had bee" prev1':)Us pr,>ceedjt-:gs co---cer,...ir,g this estate. Respol"de,..,t I s"co,...cealme~t of this i ... f0rmat::i <.>"' re;\.ders the"gra,...t··rev0<:able~ under sectio" ~9 (1)(b) of the probate apd Admi"jstratio~ ordi,.,a~ce. - ••••,r;,••/2 •• ~o• - 2 The secO"l"d grou~d ls.equally sustai~able. There had bee~ ,.,o ~&al .aga:i-st the district court 1 s fi-dj"'g that at' tf'ie time of his deatll deceased was domicilea i~ za ... zibar • . This fj.-di-g;· prfma facie, vests exclusiv-e jurisdictio... 0"" this estate t.:) courts i-- za ...ztbar.- It is evident•·that had this court. bee~ i-formed of the exi~te .. ce of this.'fi .. cU .. g, :it' w.-.,uld -,)t have na,..dled t'his matter the way it did. I,... co.-elusio- th:i s··appl.ic'~io ... is gra-t'ed~· The gra ... t ot _letters of .. admi,..istratfr, ... g5ve ... to the respo-de ... t··by wh~s eourt ·ia revoked; a .. d it i• ordered that the admj-5stratio .. ~f tne de=ea$ed estate ~hould "I:;e adjudjcated by appropr:i ate ~ourt 5 .. aa .. eibaJ:t. APpliea-t is e-ti.tl..ed to hJs co.st.," H. A. MSUMI .. JUDGE 26th Ja,..uary, 1990. I CERTIFY THAT THIS IS THE TRUE COPY OF THE ORIGINAL 0 SENIOR DEPUTY REGISTRAR