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High Court appeal on cattle trespass and customary law. The court upheld the District Court’s quashing of the Primary Court judgment for failure to consult assessors and identify the law applied.
Second appeal in a cattle trespass dispute was allowed because the evidence did not sufficiently prove the appellant’s cows caused the maize damage.
The High Court dismissed a civil appeal over crop damage by cattle, but allowed a criminal cattle-theft appeal, quashing the conviction for lack of jurisdiction and unsafe evidence.
The High Court held that Iraqw customary law did not provide compensation for crop destruction by cattle, and that the primary court lacked tort jurisdiction.
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