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Civil procedure Juma Said Ndikanye

Juma Said Ndikanye

The High Court struck out a land suit after finding the plaint failed to sufficiently describe the disputed property and did not disclose a cause of action against the defendant.

  • Description of immovable property
  • Maintainability of suit
  • Specific damages
  • Land-law
  • Civil-procedure
  • Preliminary-objection
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Land law JOSHUA TLUWAY ASKWARI VS

JOSHUA TLUWAY ASKWARI VS

The High Court quashed a land tribunal decision for inadequate land description and failure to visit the locus in quo to resolve boundary disputes.

  • Land ownership
  • Description of immovable property
  • Locus in quo
  • Burden of proof
  • Land-law
  • Locus-in-quo
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Civil procedure LECHI LEUDA AND 553 OTHERS Vs

LECHI LEUDA AND 553 OTHERS Vs

Omission to disclose size of unsurveyed suit land in the plaint is fatal and renders the plaint incompetent for lack of sufficient description, thus absence of cause of action.

  • Description of immovable property
  • Competency of plaint
  • Procedural requirements
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Land law GELEWA ONESMO GELEWA V

GELEWA ONESMO GELEWA V

The plaint was defective due to improper case classification and insufficient description of the suit land, failing mandatory requirements under Order VII, Rule 3 of the Civil Procedure Code.

  • Description of immovable property
  • Case classification
  • Pleadings requirements
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Land law dickson namakonde vs kinanja msalanji 3 others 2024 tzhc 744 7 march 2024

dickson namakonde vs kinanja msalanji 3 others 2024 tzhc 744 7 march 2024

The High Court allowed a land appeal and quashed a tribunal decision, holding that the dispute land had not been sufficiently described, making the suit incompetent.

  • Description of immovable property
  • Adverse possession
  • Gift inter-vivos
  • Inheritance
  • Pleadings and evidence
  • Competency of suit
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Land law LAND APPEAL NO 14856 OF 2024 scanned

LAND APPEAL NO 14856 OF 2024 scanned

The description of the suit land in the application was insufficient to identify it as required by law, rendering the proceedings null and void.

  • Description of immovable property
  • Competence of suit
  • Boundary demarcation
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Civil procedure SCANED15384 OF 2024

SCANED15384 OF 2024

Failure to properly describe the suit property renders the plaint defective and the suit incompetent ab initio.

  • Defective plaint
  • Description of immovable property
  • Order vii rule 3 cpc
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Land law Land Appeal No

Land Appeal No

The description of the suit land was too general and lacked boundaries, rendering the proceedings null and void as the subject matter was not sufficiently identified as required by law.

  • Description of immovable property
  • Competence of proceedings
  • Overriding objective principle
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Land law LAND APPEAL NO 18177 OF 2024 scanned

LAND APPEAL NO 18177 OF 2024 scanned

The failure to provide a specific and definite description of the suit property in the plaint before the Trial Tribunal rendered the proceedings and decision null and void as per the requirements of Order VII Rule 3 of the Civil Procedure Code.

  • Description of immovable property
  • Competence of pleadings
  • Nullity of proceedings
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Land law ibrahim mzule and two others vs jesca mgonja 2023 tzhc 23514 18 december 2023

ibrahim mzule and two others vs jesca mgonja 2023 tzhc 23514 18 december 2023

The High Court allowed a land appeal, quashed DLHT proceedings, and set aside the judgment because the disputed land was not properly described.

  • Description of immovable property
  • Appellate review
  • Revisional jurisdiction
  • Land-law
  • Civil-procedure
  • Immovable-property-description
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