Tanzania Case Law

peter peter junior vs genial international company limited 12 others 2023 tzhclandd 17041 19 october 2023

Court

TANZLII

The High Court dismissed a land ownership suit over plots at Mabwepande, finding the plaintiff had not proved title or fraud and that the registered defendants were not trespassers.

• Ownership of land
• Burden of proof
• Fraud in land registration
• Trespass
• Survey and registration procedures
• Land-ownership

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jacqueline jonathan mkonyi another vs gausal properties limited 2023 tzca 17326 12 june 2023

Court

TZCA

Respondent established ownership by tracing title from original customary owner through oral and documentary evidence; registration and survey alone do not confer title without proof of acquisition. Prior judgment did not bind respondent as she was not a party. Appellants failed to prove chain of title. Appeal dismissed.

Source excerpt

• Ownership dispute
• Title registration
• Tracing of ownership
• Res judicata
• Survey and registration procedures

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