19940830 TZHC Dar es Salaam

IN THE HIGH COUR.T JF TANZANIA PC CIVIL AF ~AL i_fO, 27 CJ? ::_99'.2 (From the decision of the District Cou~t 0f Kibaha District in Probate ~nd AdministratiJn No.1 of 1992) Original Probate an.i Ad-ministration lfr- ~ 11 of 1991 of Maili M,ja Primary ~ourt. MARY CHONZA •••.•. , o • • o • • • • o ~ • e • • • • • • • • • • APPELLANT versus MARY PETRO • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • RESPONDENT fUDGivIENT -- MAINA, J. The Respondent Nary Peter was appointed administrator of the estate of her d.ecee,sea. fat~1er, P.eter Chonza, i1'. a:n appli- cation she had filed at the primary court, Maili Msja in Kibaha. An order was made by the primary court for sale of the estate and distribution of the proceeds among the heirs. The appellant Mary Chon~a who is the Respondent's aunt wae .,aggrieved, and she appealed to the district ourt. The appeal was dismissed. She now appeals. The appellant is asking for the appointment t! tht :,~es~ondent as ad~inistrator of the estate be reveke~, The dist.rict court found· 11·0 basis for revocation -of the appointment. I to•. do not find any basis for such revocation. ,:· The Respondent has not done anything te waste the estate. The appotntment ef ah ad~inistrator •fa deceased's estate may only be r•veked , 1 for geed cause, when it is proved, for example, th~t the administrator.is not administering the esstatg !ait~fuily, or

fails te give an account to the court·. li•thing ·,ti' that sort was~ pr~ved by the Appellant•as against the Rtsp~nd•nt. ; The Appellant c:_lso allege~ that. the distriet wri trred in r;tpholding the decisi~n of the primar_y cou~t regaid1ng • . .;. r ewnership of the house, numbered 994 ,· go.a ~s and a !arm, lt is the Appellant_' s allegation that -~hese: propert~e did not beltng ti, the deeeased. Th3;,t al}-egition is net supptr't•a by the tvidenc~. The senior di~ltrict;,magistrat_e ,-ers;l.dertt '!ile the evidence on record ,. 1.d h'3 wr s ~ - .,__, primary ·fi~d that the court arrived at a corr;ct €ccision t~~t the house, goati and farm belonged to t} _~ der eased, ~hey formed part Jf. the deceased's estate~ In view of t~e evidence, the deci~itn .•f the lnwer courts th:·, these properties belonged tt ;the d~ce~sed ·was.>sound. '1"4 . } t\¥.r fl > The·appeal is dir 1issed. W. J. NADTA

JUDGE :Qar es SalaaJSl 3t August 1994 l".j, . ,: ..:l Appellan.t. and ·.esponde·nt ,· .absent~