20190214 TZHC Mwanza
Failure to involve all relevant clan members in the nomination process constituted sufficient cause for revocation of the appellant's appointment as administrator; grandchildren are not heirs under Zanaki customary law, but exclusion of other family members rendered the process irregular.
- Citation
- 20190214 TZHC Mwanza
- Parties
- Appellant: Nyambarya Warati; Respondent: Hassan Miganio
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 14 February 2019
- Procedural Posture
- PC Civil Appeal / Second Appeal From District Court Decision
- Outcome
- Appeal dismissed
- Legal Topics
- Revocation of Administrator Appointment, Clan Meeting Procedure, Inheritance Rights Under Customary Law
- Source Language
- English
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Parties
Nyambarya Warati
Appellant
Hassan Miganio
Respondent
Procedural Posture
PC Civil Appeal / Second Appeal From District Court Decision
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether failure to involve all clan members in nominating administrator invalidates appointment
- 2 Whether grandchildren are heirs under Zanaki customary law
- 3 Whether respondent acted as executor on his own wrong
Ratio Decidendi
Failure to involve all relevant clan members in the nomination process constituted sufficient cause for revocation of the appellant's appointment as administrator; grandchildren are not heirs under Zanaki customary law, but exclusion of other family members rendered the process irregular.
Court Disposition
Appeal dismissed
Orders
- Letters of administration previously granted to appellant revoked
- No order as to costs
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