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The High Court found the defendants misrepresented a mortgaged property sold at auction, making the contract voidable and awarding refund, damages, interest, and costs.
High Court land appeal dismissed: the appellant failed to show good title, as the sellers had not fully paid or validly acquired transferable title.
The High Court allowed a land appeal, held the appellant’s registered title was conclusive, and found the respondent’s sale-chain title invalid.
The High Court dismissed a land appeal arising from a double sale dispute, holding that the first purchaser had better title and the second sale could not prevail.
The Court of Appeal dismissed a contract dispute over the price of PTFE materials, holding the appellant failed to prove the alleged price and could not rely on untendered invoices.
The 2nd and 3rd respondents failed to prove that the disputed land was gifted to them by their late father before his death. Therefore, they had no good title to sell the land to the 1st respondent. The sale agreement and the Customary Right of Occupancy issued to the 1st respondent are invalid. The land forms part of the estate of the Late Rashid Ally Lihiwiti and is to be administered by the appellant.
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The Court of Appeal held that the 1st respondent breached the land sale agreement by missing agreed payments, so the 2nd respondent could revoke the deal and sell to the appellant.
The High Court allowed a land appeal, holding that the seller had no legal title to transfer family land from a deceased’s estate and the sale was void.
The High Court of Tanzania allowed a land appeal, holding that the buyer had made reasonable inquiries and was entitled to compensation for an encumbered plot.
The High Court dismissed a land suit, holding the plaintiff failed to prove ownership because the certificate of title was not in its name.
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