19801221 TZHC Mwanza
The court found that the respondent had indeed made improvements to the land, including planting coffee and banana trees and applying manure, and that the assessment of compensation by the lower courts was justified and supported by evidence.
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- Citation
- 19801221 TZHC Mwanza
- Parties
- Appellant: Herokijubura L; Respondent: Rwebogorambira O
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 21 December 1980
- Procedural Posture
- Civil Appeal / Judgment
- Outcome
- appeal dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Compensation for Unexhausted Improvements, Land Dispute, Assessment of Compensation
- Source Language
- en
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Parties
Herokijubura L
Appellant
Rwebogorambira O
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Judgment
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the respondent is entitled to compensation for unexhausted improvements on the shamba
- 2 Whether the assessment of compensation by the lower courts was proper
Ratio Decidendi
The court found that the respondent had indeed made improvements to the land, including planting coffee and banana trees and applying manure, and that the assessment of compensation by the lower courts was justified and supported by evidence.
Court Disposition
appeal dismissed
Orders
- Appeal dismissed with costs.
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- IN TH HIGH COURT OF TPJZANIA AT MyM NZA , - - --.- - il41d-ELLTL 4 (Fc) ? ctvlL 'LLL 1-24 121 OF 17 ..:-.-... LrQmthe Ieqision of tli ,Ditr Court of kobn Ditri' :it BuôADa in CivIl Apea1 No 247 f 1977— Before I. churnu Lq , Jistrict Magistrate and!Nyakató rim;ry Ca±i OriginiC1vi1Ca No' 15 of 1977) }iE•r:O IKIJBLR . L ... t b • • • . . . AEELLLANI VRSU8 • : : : R4BOGORAMBIRA 0 1 ONDNT - O\ •' 4 ,. sIJ:BJECT ( Comenston for unehusted improvements. JUDGIiLNT . . .; V • • ••.• :•, : • : • •-.. :' •: •. : :..• KAT1ITI1 J. : • a.e1int I••e -t - b I k bie i, a h v i n sucôes:ii 1 1 dëath.à:1ân shamba, from the cs.ondent Rwebogola Mabira, s in turn, for, the si1d rdemEd hmba, ö t.'tü€U Shs. 3, 997/. Ny1cato - rimary Court, heard the evidence, vitIL the shamba in question, and ãnanimcu1y gave verdIct that as. the rë.sjondent hadathia11y .13nted 131 cUffee trees, 203 banaiia 1an±, an1.a•pp1ied manure, between urchaseand'rederntion 1itigrtn the resondent be oumpensate Shs. 2500/=, .1ue costs, that broaght the figure 'to Shs. 2785/=. he appellant Court. te has appeale.1 to this Having ed the record of the l'rirnary Coart, afl&tB judent j an. having mioróacoical1y go throightä District ourt-jadgm9nt, I am st1fie.-t1iat tII1 aea1 mi f3i, s it dhl iii the rinry Cotirt Themcrno of 1 api.eal 6 à 3 thâ5uhiñi ërerhd biö doase tlin! a;real1y:aggrieVed ma .... .. He did a1lee that, the rimary Court ahd his assessur, ani the )tstrii±Coari Maistrate mtist have conspired L. deprive him ojtistice Bird th cords, show, ñbthiftg uf this sort, nor does he siistantiate his allegations, andr-I contemtous1y rejcct sflch compla-int. 'Ihe appell&rit 6sendiessly, andeveh to say, that the shamba had not grown into bushes needing clearing, and that the claimed coffee and banana i4ants, were not planted at all. But th recut, tltt'the resundent testifie .dand produced witnesses that hoted thatt the shmba had already %een bushy ái±ihe rehabiitatéct Theespondent's witnesses confirmed, that the rs**it had arhong ithers, planted bananas and coffee trees. The rimary'Io..art visited the shahbaj aid in the aiIel1ant's presce eiinted ll an& 23 coffee trees and bananas ilanted resctively,hid'becnilanted, b ii plyn manure worth She. 175/=. As a Court of eal, I fiAd nothing oalleiing the above, andit does in my v1ew not hep the apPIiant to tart si. he crinoc irove or S'LiID frjstice * 9r ?hus avin beh setif'ied. as did 1ie lower courts, that ac 1 were the improvements, I have no quarrel at all with the assessment of She 2,50•/r. comensation çii5 hs. 2 85/a as costs. In t1e ve4t his Ped]iis dsmised. with coes. O PANZAHIilAT 9 MiiANZA' . .. bict ...... J1D L - r* . :..' C:• .: •.; :., :. .................... . ................. ................................... i ....................... . .. ., . . . : . . . . . :.. i. . . . . .. ...... .. . . 1 i..