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., .' j MISC.CIVIL ct:.u:J~t .EC'. 139 OF 2001 . ', . D.;."!.-1. ES ~3ALA/U'1 YATCH GLUD •, •,.,, ~ ;. nlST APPLIC.I\NT HZCTOR ROJ3D,J'SON • • • • •·• G ... ··• ~. • ••••••• 211D li.PPLIC ·~NT DOMINIC 4 • O •• i' ~ 0~ •• 4 ' I••• RES.'::1 ()l-L')~~Iu1T · ,to ':ippefll Be:fore~~m~- is ::to. ::\ppl :Le::; ti.01; for : lerf70/ to the Court of' Ap_~:eql f 1.· 1•• ei::i' •oy. l e::\rne d .,.:·ir. . w . . -'-' . 1•l,<1.11.1.,,l1.._.q, ,,. d voc .1,1.ve , e ~..1-.~ ..~ l oi C(:,r,..i.,·,s. , J..: ,.. :f or th ,....,, .,1 0 7,';;_·ic:~-tion. - ' ... - .. · . .. Ihq::; bee a filed und,,1r SGc tion 5 of' the i~ppe 11::i te Ju~isdic ti.en Act, 1979 ::\Odor Rules 4J(B) ~ad 44 oft~~ Tqnz~oiq Court of .!'.ppeql Rules, 1979. /J. brief h-"lc'kgrouad to· tlle qppli.c~tion is .qs follotvs; tJ--i3 ::ipplic.:=tn ts ~ho qre D::tr es S."'1. l!l,"'t:'ll yq tch' C lu'b ~nd Hector R0':,.:.. .. ,, '.)::! :,1ere sued by the respondent in t·:1e co,urt of Resident M:=tgic:i~·-·· · 1 • I) ,t l'\ t 1.{isutu. Do7!inic K::tsig,<1q Er.ir.:. .;iv:::\ • i·Jhc .i is tbe responc!ent ,.i:u., the pl~intiff. He w~s cl~i~in~ dqmqg~s from the ::tpplic~nts for • '. I I being ~ source for re~ur:;ql to r::net·i' b.is "contrqct. His I o·f · ·.e··.':J... n ,:r r0neweo bec"lu s0 o:f - I. •t,~ ~ ,....-,f, cheque which ho issueG. e:11:1:~loyed on q contr:=tct of ·two ye::irs by the "!PPl i ~.qnts • Tho re:.:·usq 1 1 to r8tH➔~ tha con tr~c t WPiS , : occs:tssioned by rem:-1rks '.TI~dc :follo:,Jinc tbo issu~nce of the cheque by the res~0nden+:o A prelit:1inqry o~~,jectl.ot ~1::i::; T<=iiocd 'by the qdVOCl'\te for tto :ctpplic::.,nt tl:J<=1t; (.q) the c•.)u:r.t ·,.1,,,~J no ·Jurisdiction to entertrlin the cqse bec-:i.use t JO A.mou:1.t- i,1,.;:ic½. w,s ,being cl:.:,imed ;vqs beyond the pecuni"lry ju1.<:-:: :,;ic ti-::m o.f t::-0 cou~t / _(b) the pl:t int t.J::i s de:fectivc· ~ec~us0 esseati~l f~cto wero not ple~de~o-, (c)the verific~ti~n 'I ; ,...,._...,....._ ..............- ~ - , .... ... . • ) - • t s , -........ f ~t in ti1.e l)r.elimin"'"!"'Y ~- o 1,-•J·,.,ct.;on. ~ ~ ~ 2 ~e ~riql m~gistr~tG ~GjoctGcl qll the points rqised. '"\ t'~ae pecuniqry ~n · · · Jurisdict1.on~ the tril'll !nt1gistr~te obsorved th,1t t.be pl~intif:f 1-iqs cV'li"'linr, . ,., q totq l of T .She. 9 • 684 ,coo/= wbicl1 fell .w;i. thi.f•· . tho. .juris<iic .. tj_on ' ~ of t\.1e · court. The triql '.l'l"l[;istrqt0 sJ.tid there wore no es son ti~ 1 pqrticul::irs missing. ReB·,1rcling the ver-lfic::.i.tion cl:.use 1 the tr.ir:il ~~gistrqte s,:iid the :,1ist-:ike 1\1,:;s trivi:=tl qnd could be rectified by th,1 q,r.iendrn0n t o:f th1:) IJl~ int. She dis,nissed the pre li'.ninJ'\ry objec ti_on. The counsel f'or tho ::ippl ic::in t t~q s qg-g·ri0ved ~rnd he f·tlcd qn Fl:r,;rE",%"11 in this· court. The .qppcql W-"ls be::ird by Ki:tg9t1c-q, PRE (I<~xter,ce0 Juri.scliction}. She found Mr. M,qjithiq euh~itted th~t the dmportqnt issues of l~w involved ~hicb require concidar9tiou Ly the Court of ~ppeql qrc thqt of the f~ilure to ontar ~ jddg~ment ,, on the undefendeC juri;,:;clictioo 11nti t~1e veri:fic-;ti-:rn cl-1,ue0. The br),"lrin.g of t. 1.1:. qpplicqtion proceeded ~y ~rttten su~~iesioas. ln thia ~pp 1 J , ~t:oc oubr.d_ssior;s very useful it2 c1et0:-:1in::_d:c the issues r~.iscd in H~ving goo.J t·11r0ugo th<➔ :;;>l·=.int 1-Jhtch "''::ts filod by the pl"'intiff/rcspc,:.::.·~.-;t, .::ind tt:3 t>uling of! thG tri,ql court RS well rts tho Judgement r,f tbi::. C;)urt, I ,nust 1".!gree with the le:'lrned r-tdvoc"'t.:;i for the respcn~;ont t~_J.,t t:is :=ip:;::,1ic,qti.on bi:ts no merit qt qll qs there is no quostlc □ oT iqw involved requiring dctermioqtion by the Court y.f' I.f.T:-er-:1~ P~r~e;rqpbs 13 qnd 14(1) of the plqint qrG very cla~r on ~10 ~~cunt which tb0 pl~intiff ::;qys is clqi-rJ1ing fro~ tl•(::! .~;.,:.~] icqnt/.:~af0ndr:rnt. The qmount c1:::'limed is T.Shs. 9,684s000/=. Thie .·-u:icunt fqlls w;_thin the: p0cuni'1ry limit o:f th0 court :=is giver.. in Act No. 27/91. R•:?£;.<\rding the verificqtion cl~uso, {a t0~~s of Ordar VI rul0 15 it is prop0rly verified. The ~.rarit'ic~ ti-.10 , required in plo1diui::;s, ' s.nou l d no t b e coix,~use " .... \11' t·.a .,_, ~ . f. i;r.,e vor-:r_:.1.c!-! +-J1.on • ' . 11 1.s I.-Jil1C . · r_eq1..n.r~d ir, l'lff ic1:ivi ts under Order .:d_:;: 0-f: -ti-:e Ci vi 1 Procedure ..Code, 1966 • 3 !rJl1°'t I sho,·ld S<"IY :ls t·-,--:.t, i:; :i.:~ t::ia p1;ii:ltif'f' ~1i.71sc1.f 1vho krrntl!s ,1is c9sc. On th0 ;'.)Oint :::.-,1-,::;),J ·:.1y tlle Rdvoc'1tc for t"\10 qpplic~nt th:=tt ·t;-,·3..r:. court s:.:oulc:i :,~v~ entered judgement on the undefended counter clqi~ 9 wh~t w~s ~oTpre t~e court wore points of preli~in~ry obj8cti0° An~ she could not h~ve ju~ped on tn"!'ttor5 which i<la:ra nq.-b' ~t insue ~ -t t;1e tiine tho tri:.:i. i mqgiatrn te d0::i l t with tho :?l~o :d.r.1in:=try 0bj0ction. From th0 .<1'bove exposition, i t is obvious th~t t~1e -"'ldvoc::ite for the ~p~lic~nt hqs no points of l~~ to be plqcod before the Court of' 11.ppoq l :for c-:insidGr;i tion. The ~:)p lic:ition is clis1niesed ';) i th COS tS•