19860804 TZCA Dar es Salaam

.. CIVIL APl?LICATI0N NO •...11 OF 1986 • ... B e,T .WEEN AI', PL:tCANl'_ ,. • • • • • • • AND • • • • • • • • • • • • • (Application for leave to be granted to· appeal against the Hig~ court·order {Msum1, J.) dated U 1stU July J1 .... _, 1986 in -........ Civil - Case. No. 170 of 1977 ._,w.3,pn ;c 4 • .'" z•<. ·-· .,~ ·...... . ..l", • RULING ·:-,t,fj ., . ....~i... :,,,, .. ~ ·'"'•·"t,;,,,,,.. .,, .. This is an application by Unio.n Magazine Company -♦ :t,:f • ~ f '• • I ~~ t.o app."al ag,dnst. t.he ruling of Msumi, J. dhmi••~;;_ti.}-'-~ ~• ,Qbjec:~ion of the appellant that Civil Case No. 170 of ;. ·· ~,·. ,wJ~'I I' I ... • •• ,: • 1t-•-/1~ ' ."::. ·~, . ··. ~.;r; I:,'.· 1-{. }-~ was barre·d by l~m+tat_io~. The main ground of e,ppe~.t-~- -~-":;,...;•-· .,~.r 1•• 11 ;hat the High Co9rt has refuse_d le:'\ve to appeal because'• 1'as bean a ten-year D~mbez: ,;977, when tJ'le suit delay in the was filed. tr-ial since Firstly, Mr. La~a 28~~ ., ; ... Olsj~;••ed to the suit being filed on .the ground that it w~s ·~ . ; did not d~sclose any ••••• /2 '. ,. liral·tat;ion· ·period of six yea.rs would . sta.J:"t to .run. . . • .,,, .. . -1 ·'r_·, ·--; TheJre is the statutory Declaration by Appellant Comp·any _,,. that th~·respondent was-~~moved from partn~rship records: I,. a, from. 23rd Deceiuber, 19?1!' There is a letter by·the that he came ·to know ·, of th1s removal of his narn_e from the Company's record w1;hout his.consent; knowledge and au~hority. There is ii,_:,.· ◄ ~;'#.:,~-;_ •·~ • ,,. . tke . o1a1m by the r~spondent that he was paid his· share . . •, I . •, ~f p,ofits by the Company till 6th Jan\lary,. . 1978, and, ,. . ; , • l ~ . .!-'~~. '\: ·•-~·•,. ·<r), ·/'1!. J. t .•. , -~ ' t;_OU:Jlter claim that that was not his shar~. of p.rof~t~ .-. ;·.· /~;~(/ . ·, ;'• •'-: .~ ~ . ·• . ,. · l•,tke corifllct of evidence that will ensue will the .. ·., ~W•t of Appeal really come to the definite· conclusion o• wh~n t!'le lirnitatiu,l ·period of six years would start .. . ' + I \ C ,· .": -J\, i -g '»\Jft short of complete tric!.l'?. I think this question •. .,..''·"'·' ...J.,. .. .. (• ( .·.o•.li~tation can be ·r~solved on. a full h•2aring of ~-e suS,t . ~, i.~ .• ~ ~ ' }~ ;i\::• ,..,·w~,e the High Court when evidence can be gathered that .... ~~i • ,·~~ • 1•,11 ' • ..,- -,. I ~ j ; ;_ (_~:.. :wi.♦• show whether Ak,ber Merali the responden-t was a partne,,• • r~L • : -~j,:~:,: \ . ~ . . • •+ ... +, 7.-::~::: "· . . . .. Of,''TJniOn , Magazlne or not anJ fr<?rn what definite date he .waa. ,. . , ... ; ~ ~ ~ . ·" '• -~ •, . :;r:/~ ·•e~~d to h~ve be~n re~oved from the firm consideru,g all · :t!':\._r •.. . ' . . . ,· ;:\ . . "'(,: ~~: . ,::'. ::'.';~;-~ ~~l:'C~stan~es .o_f. the ~ase •. Li~it~-~ion pe.r se .. is a ~w 4~' ~ : 1 , . : ~ • .( . , ... _.,..I·:- aQ"t ·;of law no doubt -but not the· kind of point· of law·. ••·;·, \)\ai waa..overlOO)ced in- determining the suit. This point of law ·-wt._\: When ther~ are .three periods . to be con-siqered only . -..deice in the trial can adequately pin• point. what ._pa;-tieul.ar . . ,the perlOd Of limitationwoqld· star-t. to run •..,. •.• • • /3 DATED at DAR ES SAL,\AM th.is 4·th day _of . August, .. 1.9&,.• '' OF APPEAL •...... :,.- . I certify··that this ,is a .. true copy. of the origi~l.-.: .,. ' v-,.~t•fr;,. (J • · H. MS~FFE) Df;.P.J.ITY REGISTRAR