NA TZHC Mbeya 1
The court considers whether procedural irregularities and alleged wrongful attachment justify revision of the lower court's ruling and grant of leave to defend.
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- Citation
- NA TZHC Mbeya 1
- Parties
- Applicant: Yesaya Tewela Mwarnbungu; Respondent: NBC Holding Corporation
- Court
- TZHC
- Jurisdiction
- Tanzania
- Judgment Date
- 9 January 1997
- Procedural Posture
- Miscellaneous Civil Application / Ruling on Chamber Application
- Outcome
- Application admitted for consideration; substantive orders pending full hearing.
- Legal Topics
- Revision of Lower Court Ruling, Leave to File Defence, Attachment of Property, Loan Agreement Dispute
- Source Language
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Parties
Yesaya Tewela Mwarnbungu
Applicant
NBC Holding Corporation
Respondent
Procedural Posture
Miscellaneous Civil Application / Ruling on Chamber Application
Legal Issues
- 1 Whether the application can be entertained out of time
- 2 Whether the ruling in Mbeya District Court Civil Case No.92 of 1994 should be revised and quashed
- 3 Whether leave should be granted to file a written statement of defence to the counterclaim
Ratio Decidendi
The court considers whether procedural irregularities and alleged wrongful attachment justify revision of the lower court's ruling and grant of leave to defend.
Court Disposition
Application admitted for consideration; substantive orders pending full hearing.
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A- ·1 7o (L J--1'~ ~ _q G·:,A..lci~ IN THE HIGH COURT OF n,.wzf\.NIA .~=----~----. P.T.MBEY1\. . ' -~,. MISCELLANEOOS CIVIL iu-'PLIGA'l'ION NO. 13,· OF 1999 (ORGINAL MBEYJ\. DISTRICT COURT CIVIL Cf\.SE NO092 0 OF j994) . ,.- z. '' ·YEstiyr, .u. __ ,"' TElr,rr.'LA .L:Ju'.LI i.,,.,,,MrilJNrltT fl~~nl"l):J . _\l'U o c • o Q ~ a o _o g ,·, ' o o n o c !\FPLICANT VERSUS - NoB.C., ~-J:OLDING CORPOPJ~TICN ••••••••••• o .RESIONDENT ' -"'• Yesaya Tewela Mwarnbungu has taken·· iut .a Qhamber summons by whicb he has instituted a chamber arplication seeking the following orders:- ( 1) that this a1,plication be entertained out of time; ; ( 2) that the ruling in the Mbeya District Court Civil Case No.92 of 'U:994. dated 9th January, 1997 be revised and be quashed; that he be given leave to Psa~_ea:t a written statement of defenc,;e to, the counter claim in the f i. Civil Case, prMumably No.92 of 1994; ( Li-) that this Court do order tlw.t Civil Case No .. 92 of 199L:. .!lhould proceed to full hearing and final determinationo The applicati~m is sy,t,ported' b,_;y the affidavi:!it of the applicant o In order to lay a clear background to what I propose to say about that affidavit I have deemed it expedient' to reproduce it in ,extenso, namely:;.., ,, :rr, Y:2,~AYA TE~JELA MWAhJ3UNGU 1 an adult chri 9 tian~ of Uyole area, Mbeya, de.hereby solemnly swear and state on-oath as follows:- 1. I am the plaintiff in Civil CMe No.92/9~- at the Mbeya District Court ,. · This case was finished in a manner that will appear in the followine; paras of this affidavit. 2, In the said Civil Case _t!1.fl; defendant was the former National Bank of Commerce . ~ . ' the presecessor. . .. . of· the respondent., The s;ri:d. defendant had counter;_clfimed under Order 35 of the CPC in the -su.m of s!'ls~9,676,194/45 as at 25/10/1994 allegedly beinsthe outstandir{g'amount togethe~. with interest and ·b~:: Gn~es- ar:i.s~~g out. o/ a t~rm loan and '1Q'erdraft -· " amounting.to shs.3,700,obO/- taken in 1987. 2 3. The main suit• that I had filed was for pray~:rs that my pro:r;erty which had been wrongfull'/ attached by 'the Bank be returned to me o The said property was a Valmet Tractor ,. , ." ' · Noo-' TZ 86392 and an Isuzu 7 ton Lorry -No. MB 3769. The said veh.i.-cles had 'b•efu -v,ron:;fu11y Grci.½bed.and attached by the Bank· :i.:r~ May, 1989. A. I do not diSJ)ute that I .took- the. s3id loc.n ..nd. ··overdn~ft of shs.3~700 1 000/==- from ·the resr)onclcnt ··:_, ., . in 1987~ ]3nt my comp-lain..t is th~t the Bank <7-id. f¾Ot f olloVl tho losn agreemci1t in attaching IilY .. . .. ' . pr!operty' 2s follqws :- (a) P2,rt'. 3 of the Bs:ok' s. letter: qpk:tci'vin:::; · my los:a of shs •...f,.400,000/= st~;ul2te~ tli.:~t' the first instcdrnont of 1701 000/= shs.; · tow,:-:.rds · repayrnsnt of the lOan w8s d.uo to be ppid in JunJ, 19891. Yet £is c,e.rly ~ }., ' o.s :].o 4o 19~8 the Bank hod started cl2.Ln;Lng th::,,t I wss over-due in repayment of the lo2n J.nd that I vms not adherints to the loP.:::.:t rGpayment. :prO[sr:umne. (b) :Pars 10 of the s~id· Bcmk's letter stipuJ:3ted that ,the loan ·was se~urccl ' by ray farm at Uyole registered under ,l. . " Certificate of Occu1Jancies Nos.3734 L/o Hos•· 72125 s'nd. 72131 valued at thc:df time at shs. 4 1 .100, 000/=. t .~ . . . ·. . . ' ·. ,· YG t. the Bank grr.i b bed the said : .: - .' :-~( motor cehic,;Les,,jnsteo.d of fOreclosing encl se l,li;rtg the · ii1ortgGg~ d fgrm. ', . t ,:, '' ( c) As s{ato d· 'above, pc,r3 :-3 of the B~,,.nk: s lo ttor stipule.·t~ ,f;'th::1t the first roiJ,:lfmGnt instalmont was supposed to be :,_1C1id in June, 1989~ Yet the Bank a't;t3ched the SGid motor-vehicles in 1'.[··.;y~ 1989 before the star.t of the a 0 reed repayment period. Attached are copies of the soid B~nk 1 s letter ffiE;rkE:d _,A and B to be p::..1rt of this affid'.':\vi t. • ,/3