Tanzania Case Law

OCR 20 MWINYIHIJA tANZLII Kazi

Court

TANZLII

Both petitioner and 1st caveator are entitled to administer the estate as biological children. Omission of property in the petition or lack of family meeting minutes does not disqualify a candidate. Trustworthiness is required, but financial challenges alone do not disqualify. The 1st caveator is appointed as administrator as the objections against him are not sufficient to deny appointment.

Source excerpt

• Letters of administration
• Appointment of administrator
• Intestate succession
• Family meeting minutes
• Trustworthiness of administrator

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PC PROBATE APPEAL NO

Court

TANZLII

The appellant did not possess the mandatory qualifications for appointment as administrator of the estate, as he was neither an heir, spouse, devisee, nor creditor of the deceased. The absence of family meeting minutes was not fatal, but the lack of legal interest in the estate was decisive.

Source excerpt

• Appointment of administrator
• Interest in estate
• Family meeting minutes
• Eligibility for administration

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salimu issa msangi vs ismail issa msangi 2022 tzhc 15044 2 december 2022

Court

TZHC

The High Court dismissed a second appeal in a probate matter, holding that the appellate court could consolidate grounds and that the appellant failed to prove his status as son of the deceased.

• Appointment of administrator
• Burden of proof
• Family meeting minutes
• Right to appeal
• Hearsay evidence
• Probate-and-administration

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sayi daniel apolo vs elizabeth nyamala 2020 tzhc 10 29 january 2020

Court

TZHC

The High Court upheld a Primary Court order appointing Sayi Daniel Apolo as estate administrator, finding the District Court wrongly quashed it.

• Appointment of administrator
• Family meeting minutes
• Contradictory evidence
• Probate-appeal
• Appointment-of-administrator
• Family-meeting-minutes

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