19811220 TZHC Mwanza1
Second appeal over a shamba bequest dismissed after concurrent findings confirmed the land was properly bequeathed to the respondent.
- Bequest
- Ownership of land
- Appeals
- Civil-appeals
- Property-law
- Inheritance
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19791211 TZHC Mwanza
The High Court held that a will over clan land was void because the witnesses were not from the testator’s clan, so the land remained clan property.
- Clan land
- Bequest
- Intestacy
- Will validity
- Clan-land
- Will-validity
19740304 TZHC Mwanza
Second appeal over ownership of a shamba failed. The High Court upheld findings that the land belonged to the respondent and awarded costs against the appellant.
- Ownership dispute
- Bequest
- Possession
- Property-law
- Land-ownership
- Appeal-dismissed
19711211 TZHC Mwanza4
The High Court held that clan land redeemed by Mpanju and restored to Mohamed remained Mohamed’s property, so Mohamed could validly bequeath it.
- Clan land
- Bequest
- Redemption of pledged land
- Succession
- Customary-law
- Clan-land
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