19980601 TZHC Mbeya
The award of 38% commercial interest was not supported by contract or evidence and is quashed; only court interest at 7% per annum is allowed on the decretal sum. The attachment and sale of the motor vehicle is not justified for the reduced judgment debt. Taxed costs are set-off by the carriage fee, and the...
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- Citation
- 19980601 TZHC Mbeya
- Parties
- Appellant: John Josephat Shao t/a Karanja Transport; Respondent: Samson Mpenzu
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 1 June 1998
- Procedural Posture
- Civil Appeal / Judgment on Appeal From District Court and Miscellaneous Civil Appeal
- Outcome
- Appeal allowed with costs; judgment and orders of lower court varied.
- Legal Topics
- Interest on Judgment Debt, Stay of Execution, Vicarious Liability, Costs Taxation, Damages for Loss of Goods
- Source Language
- english
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Parties
John Josephat Shao t/a Karanja Transport
Appellant
Samson Mpenzu
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Civil Appeal / Judgment on Appeal From District Court and Miscellaneous Civil Appeal
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the award of 38% interest was proper in law and fact
- 2 Whether the attachment and sale of the appellant's motor vehicle was justified
- 3 Whether the taxed costs were excessive and should be interfered with
Ratio Decidendi
The award of 38% commercial interest was not supported by contract or evidence and is quashed; only court interest at 7% per annum is allowed on the decretal sum. The attachment and sale of the motor vehicle is not justified for the reduced judgment debt. Taxed costs are set-off by the carriage fee, and the remaining debt is to be executed accordingly.
Court Disposition
Appeal allowed with costs; judgment and orders of lower court varied.
Orders
- Quash award of 38% interest and substitute with 7% court interest per annum on Shs.5,700,000/=
- Quash calculated interest of Shs.2,720,485/=
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~ THE HIGH COURI' OF 'J:AAZA.N!A . AT MBEYA (~· C.IVIt· ~PEAL ~.. Nn. 8 OF 1998 ,. (Mbeya District Court -.Ci11il Case ... No. 13 of 199~) J0tm JOSEFHAT t;,/a Karanja 'l'ranGJ>Qrt •t•••• APPELLAN? Versus SAMSON MPENZU ,' • ••• •·. • •. ~ ••• ~ .. •. • • • • • 1 ,. 1 RE.SPONDEN.r JUD G Vi EN T MWIPOPO t J • : This is a ~~oliciated appeal involving !DC) Civil. Appeal. N~. 8/1998 against· the main ju,q.gement of the i'1beya . RM;; C.0.urt . Civil . . Case No. 13/96 and Misc~ Civil Appeal No: 5 of .1998 againat ~,.~ling of th~ same R-f 's Court Civil C~eNo~ 13/96 dismissing an applioation f~ stay. Qf l-ixeQUtiOJi pendi.:i:· the heating or this s~e main appeal No, 8/1998; Botli appeal$ ai-e bet~een the iaine pa~d!s \iho a~ JQhn 1>0$epha.t Shao t:a·'- App~llaht wh~ wJ the 2nd defendant {n the i~aI ~~ -~ Sani&ttn- s/~ Ivlpenzu ~11~ resp~deht ~h~ was: the 6rigirtal J>lairiiif.f in the tH~ ~ • The abovementioned appeal j.s a.gainat •the awariLoi' · interest - ~ , wllereas the abovementioned Mi.se~lanous appeal, is ae;ainst applj.cation £~ Stay ~·· Execution of · the 1.ower~-CQU~ .defree by W~.t . . a ~ing diemi48ing en . . : of Attac!hirient-fd; tlie ·ijripaid sum of Shs;.4!69'1..~/40& '.lihe catb.e~~th• lower e(JUrtG i)rQbttedinls$ Asukene Njesi Mwaipungtl the 1s~ De:t'e~t has hot appeaJ,e4 ·underetar,dabl:i, because he was a mere driver of the appellant. wht,), has been helcl liable for the plaintiff's claim under the dQetrine Qf• . the .. ~: ~ viearfous liability being th0 "m\l..>:··:.:' o:· <::·. )efendant, 'l'he appellant .. ··-. ,, . '- has been represented by tl:::, lea:~-iec.' Mr. Naali• Advocate at this etage and in the application for Stay of Exec:ltion in the lower oourt, ,.. . . , -~herwise,. the . ·- ~, appe+lant was represented by the late learned Mr. Kapinga at the trial stage. The respondent has been represen~ .. •: ~ ~ t . .l;.¥ the .1.earDed· . - Mr. Mbise, Cldv) oath in ~he lower· court and in this ~ourt., The first ground of a:i::~, ,al i:i :;he filed ';t;ritten M~unt ~ ~th,at . . . ~ -~--. ·, ' . . '' . , :- ' : ... there was error both in law and fact in awarding int•eres;. against tbe w~~5 ht of evidence ' . on record. . The 2nd and 3rd grour::is 1f appeal hil:lge ·• •••••.•/2 ~ 2 .. .~ii.c:uly ~ the fimt gr(jmd ~ aj)peal tha~ ~ ldsQ.'--~ii,na:o' t'o ti~ r~pd::ic1$~t ~.!mlt..f;\~ ffl'Jl!t #. ..-eal armed robbery with the sixfferer: being. mereh,3,tldise in ... o +t.::-~ :...orry together with the respondent for ~arriag~ to Mbeya all of w:_.) ••• :iav: ""'~en ·compc:.--2:-_+8c! ey: th~ appellant without a:rr, pr'9fit acc~uing to the ~??ellant~, During th0 hearin~: 'of. thie a.ppecJ. the learned Mr.-,jfaali (.M)Vl' added yet another ground of appeal without cleeldng le&9e o:£ the ,sourt but wi·~::iou~; o.>jeet±~ f~ tb,e ot~r id;. "',:_;:,:,.i.-,.o;f:; the c0$ts ~·· ~ , , ~ ? c , ·~ which awn has al:.:- eady been taxed by th~ Distriet C.Oul"ta· He asked -t:~~ court to quash the entire taxed ~osts of Shs.632,67'9Ai-which be said was un~ifa;~ and that it should be interferect with~·· tliis ~~· s_,.30 of the Civil Procedure Code•- 'l'he misc~}laneous appeal again.st the dismissal. ef the appli1ation tor 9,::tay o( execution by atta~ent of the appellant "a ·:wry T~ota ~ . . Noe MB-4498 contains 5 grounds summarily that such attae-hment was not done bonatlde l>ecause it was carried out an 27/3/98 while the ruling on the appi~tioo . . for the stay of execution o:f the de.cree was st:Ul· ~de;Ljvered until CJ) 1st April• 1998 and that, immediately the prayer for stay Qf e,xe,;utigu )fas dismissed the motor vehicle w~ proelaimed. f&r s~e within' 14 dc11s alt~()µgb there was a pending appeal to this court•, He $ 0 -~cided that su~_~al.e Cl( the motor vehicle woul:d devastate the the appellant for it was being used for t::J.l'lSport business a.rid. generating ~()me ~ . :profit to the appellant.__ The learned Mr-.,.Mbise (Adv) opposed both appeals by arg.iing t~.::..t L~,a interest which was discretionary to th::- court was that falling pr:...:>r ts<). th~ deli~ery of the eourt judgement and that as f~r the court in~erest it is mandatory that it should be imposed upon the adju\iica.ted judgement/ debt under Oci20 R,21 of the C.F. c. Since the appellant refused to ";_;ay any com~ensation for the value of the lost goods ~e _ should not be tcarc. to co=;l,ain f~r teing adjudicated to pay interest and ~oots for the respondent t<;>o h~ .suffereo. loss of profit for the delayed cofflP~~tion whic:! ~locked .:.:,;_- ·_.:,.(·-::r, ...-~~ ~: .: : . i~::~-,\::i~s:,:···- ---- . . · . · ... 3 has . t ra. -·~ ._ - · ax ~ ~~-,m ~ g 11~3 ~~ t41s_~M& ! \ f t ~ ~ -~L ~ts in inatit.<ing t ~ .su.:. c.. . .· . - .. ·>:r ~ ~~it~~:~~~d M~r ~nlea (A~ arguet \hat ~ had been taken by -···:·.·. • -... ·.·. .. -en -,.,~.-· . ·. ~ • ~;~~;~:ti-•• -1(·~~ no·· _.. --. ••4' •••. · ~.risa_ f·;:,1'_ the:r-e ·.:ase1en~-~9n __9r··i.t in ·t11~ wtlttei. memoran~.m-,Ot both 0 · ,,. 0 . -- ;_ ,· he was •. '.: ·: _ ·. . ·,. .· . . . ~p~eal. :ui:i-t:·-tlierefore ,. rci, me.de, t.Q belieV-e that the appellant ~aa n~t ;QPpesed .... . -, . . . .· (Jn the ar,pe&.l 'against the atta~hment. a! the motQ~ vehicle the lea.med ,. . . a ... ., -... Mr~ r,:':)ise argued that it wasznecessary ;tonsequen,e, -af the non-paymen•t·_,~ . .. . . . . t¥, . 1 the e~t~re;_judgement debt wh~hhas·Shs'.8',79~a •~ the princ:~paJ. judgement . -.:;:. debt _yet; t·o, be paid since the s~tisfied j~d-gement .d~ a. ,fer Sh¾5•1110e"'"....\)<'•-:l~ ·. : . ~ ; ·, wher~as th~0 ~adjudged judgment/debt is S{ls,5.7o8,79~~ ··. The:i-e ~ al.sQ the truced costs of Sru;;.6)2,6?CJ,/;;, arJ.4·:inw;&t. at S~1 1 3'+},,~/-whifb had fall~ d~e,, by 2/3/93 tQtaling Shs.~69~~w,e:re<l in tile war~ . . of attachment ~usive Shs.3~35,.;b?QI-. !rant the p ~ ,jlidge•i ·4¥- ;. Te> stf;irt with,the appeal on .,interest, the ~w~r~rt ~ -~t;, ~i7t · ·: . ·; ·. · barely delibera4id on judgement·, Qt 7 typed pag~s · the issue ot i.Q.t,e;w~ a,i,.g tb~ ..;r.-d, l ill his judgment intereet appearedf_only once in these words: ... "In the upshot, the jtidgement is her-~y ~tered in favour of the plaiht:iff ;in the:· sum Qf &hs.5, 7 ~ - " interes~311d!:ldoet9ts of the sul~ii • · . · ..~. There is also PW.1.'s testi'l:ony (" , e,~.m Mp~ni.ti the _-pr;aent respQt)d.gnt-} who covered the issue of interest -in testimQ!ly in ()rll.y , ~ ~nt-en4e as .J".QiU,.owQ.- ', ·, ·.............. ;ir pray thc.t he pays, me the i.>1terest ·on the s :i;m ~laimedrr-. where The othe-~ rla~~;interest is COJ.lered in the pl,ead;i.rlg{;, of the plaintiff's ' 1$ ..-::• plaint,Sih para. 9 iri which he .clc.i~ed 38;, i.>1terest M,~,r~aJ, ,of.- ~-.i:il use of the principal claim o1 Shs,5,7Cl8,790/=, He also claimed ":·:·)'.:l:<:!r 38;-: interest ~ <:J~cr~ ·fliJll tnm-~Q.t,e Qt filing this sui: u,.--itil full pay1;.ent :lrt p::..:!.~2 ( d) ._,f the .r~<:t~ In ~he onJ ,-,~ .'.:~:ic·~ Sw\.lorn testimony of the r~pQlld@t as FW,.a whi.14 b0 ttJTQ interes~ .elaimed c·.. '----. ·· .:..... _eee i:.~:.~:: ...:.·t. ·• JY t~,e -:>ppo.site &ide, ··,·· ,..... . t.-'must be pr·::>Ved ·.,,"tted by evidence o:~ docm.ients ,2 .. .-c. Vf..1.y was ,Jn 38% . · picked UpLthu _i:)ro;-...·. i.'lLc-·0st r- ,ce to 0 t, the principal claim ..... __ ·• 0. 0 0 ./4 ~ .su.J.7Q:U,1<;idf~. ~£ hi ie~t ii. ti> be the bank rate does he keep his it to '~bver hie 1~·-~ p~it .after s~lling - motley in the bank~ .lf he nieabt. -··. ( ,. • . ;., :· ,·: . : . 1....... , ":· 1 • • ·-~ ~ • • ... • • • • -th~ae g~~ . . f~r 't~\i()l{~ ()f--t_he. . 'e;oef& after th~y w-ere 'robbed, that was' j ~~·dy'.~~~r~d in ,para· 8 (c), b~- ~h~' p~aint in wh;Lch· he claimed -a:s damMes · '~, ::f · ,. : which -- :. _ - - _ · - . - _ ~:f "shs~90,:A~xxf·, k ·:i:;~t prd-{H~ respQndent w~d have realised after ~illi'ns thE: :s.'.'lid ,i-dbb~d goo~ whl'tr?· c't2.in? w~ iuread.y d.ism~d 'b.)" - the trial. >~:: . ~ 1 :; ;cur~ ~~otit'' 'cui arpeal thereof by the respondent~·. '.W:. . . . - Mo:-eover~ the situation or the appellant ~ pathe-tiGf If he w-ef~ '~ _ • ii • • businessman with a small heart and capital he m~ght have· alr~dy ..am~tted: suicide by now, He was robbed for ever· at gun pgint· hi.6 eri1;ir' ~~ial goods wa-~h shs.15-1/= which were. in the motor veh~~ hie ~river'wae··etot· iit, twice. his motQr- vehicle wes damaged and a.ome ~ - of it -i'andali,zed i~e tlie spare tyre, ~~ .h~d t·o :i:ncur the ~ 0 'of .,arryw arQIJllfi Po.~;.~e '·, _:·· . ·, . '_ \ . . , • ~- . o· -.,;·:.. Gt'i'ieers from .MQj'og~~e- 4;~~h~ for the .stolen m~:"4l~h1"l@ ~l? tor- • ,1, ~· • ~::" Dodoma and Kilombercj where the m~o• ~icle ~ r~~ au<i JiliQPe. all · . . ' he has t~ eompensate for all goods ~ i1ther ~inesamett l:i,ke PW• 1 alid ' -thet, . . PW,3 whq. Qarried '. goods in that mQtor veh1t.ie and nQW ~ e,,-~ his motsr ' vehill-e which gives him li11ehood as a tool of t~ade is being ·a~~eti to be -sold to realize mere ~sts ahd interests of the respQD.den.t·;_.~ the prin~ipal deer-etal debt of the entire sum of ~ - ~ • };las·· been_-__ paid in full except for the Sh.s. . 8,790/=, · . •.. .. ,._. · __,.,.,,,... ,: '. " --· . . surpri.sinf$ Actually, it is - why the appel.la.nt did n'4t appeaJ, agairisi the ntain judgement debt ·of Shs.;=;708f79Q"• ~ause trom,?W~'t•s ,n<i P~.a!s ~wn testimony and from the testimony of DW,3 it w~ ~Qt. ~ll:\h~ gOQds · i. •on~ained j.n the receipts ath.~hed to the plaint 9.Ild p;r4d,uc.ed as ~bit in ,ourt whic:h were loaded ir. .J-;,t- :"' otor "ll'ehicle. F~r axatnNID, PW.4, 4,stit'ied · 1 ~:i.. in thief as tollows:- 11 All the good.::; ir.er::!,ioncJ. .:.n ~:1e receipts ,,re,t~ loade4 in the motor vehic~~ of the defendant except the buske~ covers which were leaded in wiother motor ~eh:icl,e!' - ~ J;>W.2 William-M:!'tmzu test::;.f:. 0 •:1. as follows:- ' .. . :: '1 "Among tl;.B soods re,,~~ •• ed basket co~ers whi, ,h I came -' 5 • ~,.,. L11isA..~ if/d siria aJ.,;.J i:esri!ii'ied as fo1lo~~=~ •·: ... , . . '' ' . .. iiThe plaint{'f:f ~arne and request«i us to allow hitn to load his goods"in · tha~ lorry b,ut we tttrned down his ... , . ,{. . . , , ' ·' . . ,,,;_ . . .... :-:-equei3ti He f.urthE!r ton tended that he·. be aJ.16wed to 16a.d /Sdme of his iugg~e in that 1atr-y and ~he :r-e::;t k,uid be cairfoci in arL":her motor vehicle oh the f oi16wirig; ⁢:., We loadeci 40 ~oxes into the i6rry and they beldhged to the r;1aim.,iff ~ 34 Boxes were of plastic goods and 6 boxes were of id tchen ~utencils Chinese made. • I don• t know the contents of the load with which he remainedi•·• Moreover, both DW.2 John Josephat Shao the appellant and DW.. 2 protested theil: ' in L f.rom .t~ti~on~es that the 34 bo._x_es Qf pla.a.t.i~ and G boxM ~ Chinese ·ware . enamel , would not have had a an exorbitant value of Shs.5.7'.()8??9W= and the evidence shows that the respondent tempered witn these ~ i p t s and h e ad.nµtte<ith .. . . at t h ese receipts . pro du9e d m . court were. issued af~ the :. . ~ ':'! \' robbery for having lost athe original ones ~d FW,2 did not allow rM.3 ta keep any receipt at all at th6 time of ~,.~ .....t, 0ver the goods for transportation that is why thc;y had ta jot c.ot:n the zoo~ iri another exercise book or paper. • If the ar:;,ellants he.,~ -:.p~ :o<.11 )0. ag.c.inst t~1e dec:cetal. su:r. they had an QVerwhelh1ing chance of success of having the decretal ci-.:;bt reduced llOW quite conside:cc:cbly. An:· ,.1&y; this co1.Tt can I t do anything Gil- if for the appellant himad:f is sc1tisfied with it and lie has alreacy paid it all t•"the respondent except for the unpEi.id Sllci.8,.790/=i which I hereby quash from the total claim of Bhs.5,7o8,790/= and decretal debt so that the appellant shall no longer pay it to the respondent due to the reason given a ~ that not all goods were loaded in that lnotar vehicle o~t of those shown iii'the tendered ehllibits of the receipts. The orc.l c ::intract that was entered upon bet¼aell: P w,a and DWl.3 .for the carrying of th~ go,)ds from Dar es Salaam to Mbeya did not cover any interest in case ;:;oods &_ot lost •. So, ~o claim for a c~mercial interest of 3816 apar+. i':::y,r• t::.e pro:i. .:..'c which would. ~ave been gained had those good/3 • o.o • • /6 ... 6 ~- an.d had they readieci the plaintiff safelt been sold is a bit speculative. The 1.nt.erest passe4i by the learned M:t. Safari (SRM) the trial magistrate was not. 1n.dieated if it we_re cour.t interest or eommercial interest. If the ~ t.rial c,::i..:.:-t meant to pc.,:;s ' co;; mercial interest then that i."'lterest was ne>t 0 payable under the circu1:,ct.:.:nce.s :i: t:ni.::., .::ctSe s ::nee it WGE :-,0t part of, the oral.contract, the appelL.!r~ C:::.d no~ ;s::-..:~:- :::n:yt:::.ing fr:)r;-, it, as the go:>C:..:: were wou15. robbeC: by ar:1ed ba.nd~.ts a.mi the re3~- 'ic\~!1.t 4<= :fcdlec. to i-'.,rovc how ht_ hc:1.ve ::::8% outside the e;:pected profit which he claimed at Shs.900,000/= in para 8 (c) of the i_Jl2.bt bu·i; it was already dismissed as speculative by the trial court ::-.n_; he has not appealed from it. So, I quash the lower courts judgem2r:": granting interest 38% in that sense and the calculated interest of Shs. 2,720,4851= thereof. On the other hand, as explained by the learned Mr. Mbise quite •or,J:'ectly ·th. Order a judgement df:lbt must carry a court interest both. under Section 29 anct20 R. 21 of the c.i-:. c. Actually, the respo.>ident 's claim in para ( d) of the likc::..y reliefs in thG plaint of 383G interest wast•,e&"lt to co-..er court interest. cann,.Jt But court inte::-est £ so below 7:6 or cbove 1296 p.a. as per 0.20 R.21 of the c.P.c. So I pass a court iutE:rec': of ·, .~ _;:1 the- d.:::eretal SU.Ill of SllS.5•700~~ Since the judgement ,,,as ,z.s.sad o:~ 6/·r::/c..:::· ,.,,-:::' ~:.scr0E: drawn on 31/12/96 the first year fo:., pu:::~~:,oses ::if i.:.rte"'~ez'- tcr::;inatoc". on 5/12/97 and now it is 1 year and 6 months ( to the nc :-est ;,-,onti1J w:,:;.ch court interest of 7fo· p.a. pay th~ ~aiculated court. is eqtdvalent to. Shs.598,500/=. Up to to-.:::i.y t~~-e .?.:;?Pellant sh;,.J.1 interest of Shs.593,500, '= o:l:·o There is th~ other fJint argued by the ap:pBllant 1 & advocate about costs having been exorbitant. The learned Mr. fvl"bise has counter argued that there was no written appeal on it quite correctly, but he did not object to the learned Nr• Naali from arguing it. Sq,now the rei:;pondent has alli,wed \ himself to hee,r it and he has had a chance to r.s:::;)ond to it and he utilized his chance well 'o~1 c:.rguing that the costs were co:crectly taxed by the lower who is eourte There is a statutory right for a party t hxed with costs l,' not happy it on with {,_ good grounds to 2,pJ,-- .:Q or make reference to this court or to refer it to the J;id.;c if t.:-=ed t.:-, tl1e :Ji;;::trict :Registra:" t:IB a taxma.ster. Un . .:::r •••••• /7 ~~· - ? .... ,s,.,t,:r(;~-p~/ ~e ~~ ~~ d~cretion ·.tQ. grant c®ts or not ru1d IJ!lder s. 30 (2) if' the_, coo'tEi are not aLorcied .i' . . tQ the de.&ree holdeJ:' by following ,b4,;~ez4J ~hen reas~ muSi· be given •. I am prepared t; deal wit:i ~:.e f:::irr.ess di' the i;;~dt.::; t~t< although th~~!; \;ltlS n~· point QI1 it on the ineL~'•c-J::i~.: :if 1 . bot:1 appeals bbc~U.3,i; t:1e:cr.:: i.: .-,:Je zrave. ~iseion ~hich h:::..s :.:.- ,~ • ,....;u ~e.ci1•:.:. hi, aii the tlriO adversaey ?arties ;.,2 w c:a rui o~th their iearned ..:c.~. .:..,1.:-: an~ ~e learn.ea trial tnagis"::'.·3.te 'IB wt . .l that actha.ll,y the r~spondenc ::.3 -.·Li:ning il1 ":!le h~ge compensation int..,re.st a...-id costs when he did not pay a zin,.::;J.e ~ent to the appellant upto now for h.;tvfog contracted to transport his goods. Part of those goods were •indeed loaded in the lorry Qf the appellant and the . by . the appe.1.lants driver ])',,~. 1 Asukene Mwaipung1.1 anq DWt.3. tQiled4Iealirtg wit~goo,ciB ~ . , . took , 'counting tliem. loading them, keeping guard Qf them. 1.1ntil theytdff on •t:.:.dr . they ,them . . •. .. .: journey an~carriedLUP •tQ. Mel.ela near Mikumi 1n MorQgof'o Region_. For the he . l"espondent .to belief it ftom the eQirtpen4atiQil ti claimed· and which has been . thE! :Lower . · · granted byLeoutt at fUJ.l V~lue af the go,gas lcjaded ~ tlie mQtor vehicle it the·'.~ame . · . is as gOQd as having gotL:$.QOds safe.J.y delivered to him in M'beya there)Jy making ~im became.. .liable '·to pay the priQe for it, ~-·hereb;· 'df ~~-• that the•· ofre~rnonc.er 1 • shall p~ the' carriage -feeis · and charges fQr ·the handling and .carry .;..:oLtlle ;; . . ,pajcj enr:..::-- goods as 1:f they h~d ·reaohed ~oeya v,here. he h~ already :O~L,theL£:i~:.:; .. :'. 7rx;,OOO/- . . in · t-rom e'ven fqr goods not ·trans:t,ort.ed(:and robbed ..,_'Lthat mQtor v eh~e. of . the appellant• Both PW-1 1 and HJ.2 are very shrewed and.·~-'i.um~ .in their . evidence and i,n making tht:lse demands fQr eomepnsatiQn and DW.2 and :PW.• 3 are very bai'Ve and docile in the evidenee and in defending themselves in " . ~~~ this su1t 1 The:·respond~nt has cunningly avoided .. anything about. ttll~:i.r J.iability to pay the appellant and eve~ when ~ross.examined,on it PW.2 . the tr~p~rt fees .· pUrPQrted ta have fQrgotten aboutt:he re~ired to pay for tr~porting wae ~ · goods f%'Qill l)ar es Salaam to Nbey~ a distance ·~ 800 Kms and the · appellant and his agents DW.1 and DW,3 omitted to mention the fee they charged the reepondent's agent PW.,2 for transporting th/i~ ta MbeY.a• Fortunately f Qr the appellant both sides are agreed that the goods were · wt ' a . ' ·transported f_orf_free ride, but for a pric:e, To d~ justice to the ::::>'c.h sic:es and since PW,2 was ask,::d on it in cross-examination and he saic~ on .:, .."::~ ~:.c.t · it is ~pen and .trite for he had forgotten f..1 this ~ourt to a.elie.ss a reasonabl· .. :-ic1 ••.•••• /8 "' . '-· ., .- . . ..... --·- .~. ~".: ,, ·::;...... 8 .. -~- ,!~ fllh.ieb cQJ..tlc~ ha11re- 'b,een.. •ha?ged f~ suell transptlll:'tUli• Sin..c,e the 0\-.'l'l~r of •.,.. the goo:ls did. not t:rc. .r~l in ":h:..t :::,'.)·,.,.!:' 'lt!;}.hicle wh:iAth means that he 1-eft 0 t;he entL·e security of -;:;j_1e ;;oo:..'.:, i::1 ---''=' hands of the public carrier and ·with 1 ~ risk 2..s it has inr:k:..~ oc,..r.s,·. ~hs fair price fQr transporting the goods so.me of which ,:fer~- h~r;aka. .. le s1d fragile from Dar es ~~aam to Mbeya a distance of abou": 2·08 :·:::;.:; should have attra'-ted a charge of ~ of the goods value at Shs.~=, "iv0,,Y )f".: .-.·::-.ich is equivalent ta .Shs.285,000/=• 1 1· hold this sum of B:as.285, ~00/= DE the price and consideration for the oral co...-ritract~hich had n:ade the appellant incur all this loss of Shs.5.700,.000/;= ·whieh "an't ~e fG.r ,,complEitely n::,thin~ in return! This ·B.mount ·of Shs;'2B5;C90/~ shall be set of-f a~inst the costs of Shs.632,~?9/; ta){~d ~d~warded to the . .·;, . ;,.,...-- . ' respondent with hi&. own' rer.ia'incfer taxed costs a.f Sb.s.347 ,679/- only", (Shs,~32.679/:;; .. s~ •.285~0/=$) Therefore-, the remaJning "debt payable_ _ ,, by the appelle,nt tQ the r~spox:,;::·ent.. i& S~11 94~99/~.:'21J,.y (Shs,.79a.5f:)/=-.. ~- ·. - • . • ·. :' ,' -· :;:·· . r-~- : ~ - )·· ' ., :.;~ _;fr fd co~rt interest for 1'¼ ye::.:;:,:~ l·l·,k". .Shso347,619/;; "'remainc~er taxed costs), .., . . . .- . ' . ·-•· . -~--•:, These cal.Qulations are subject 'eo correc_tio.."ls by both .s.ides. · t..,.~The other ;,Qll6olitlc;t0d -=+/----~ c,.. :·,.,.i:1s.., the ..::.ismis.sal of the stay of ., executi111 a:ppli,ation i3 :..~ui-t.:. _:r'.);;~1(.._.::·· 7 :0.'.)r L tl;iis appeal -the qJJ.-Qt~d decretal debt -:md interest ::n::.: "'.0,:ots .,:::::.~h ,ras a:;sessed 49.t Shs.4,677,604/60 ~ Q1l 2/3/98 has now been '.'Ua.she,.,, ,:m-m -1:o .nls Shs·, 946; 179/:-:: for the total same items. It mea11s the.t the wade of e~ecutL::>Jl nQw mllSt change· for -~ ...._,_ Shs.946, "179/;:; is a meagre judgement debt which need not·· n~~a.r-:iJ,.y ~ant. atta~hrnent '.ef ~ business lorrJ currently on the road 0 -'. : ·f·. Sc.: the .u].ing ·--- dismissing the application -:· ,r stay Qt _exeeut.ion is· -q~d•· I ~lQW. ,~oth appeals 1,i t:, ..:osts. 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