[1993] UGHC 2

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EDITH NANTUMBME}{\b\insrsid14973351\charrsid1515007 }{\b\insrsid5189009 }{\b\insrsid14973351\charrsid1515007 }{\b\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 \'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85\'85.. DE FENDANTS \par BEFORE: }{\b\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 THE HONOURABLE JUSTI CE I. MUKANZA \par }\pard \s15\qc \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6835447 {\b\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 RULING}{\b\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14973351 {\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 When this case was called for hearing the learned counsel appearing for the defendant raised a prelim}{\insrsid14973351\charrsid1515007 inary objection on point of law}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 . He submitt ed that the suit is time barred by the limitation}{\insrsid14973351\charrsid1515007 Act and that the suit should b}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 e rejected in accordance with order 7 rule 11 of the civil procedure rules which provides that the plaint shall be r}{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 ejected in the following ways. \par }\pard \s15\qj \fi720\li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5065593 {\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 a}{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 \'85\'85\'85\'85\'85.. \par b\'85\'85\'85\'85.\'85. \par }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 C}{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 \'85\'85\'85\'85\'85.}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 \par }\pard \s15\qj \li720\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5065593 {\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 d}{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 .}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 where the sui}{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 t appears from the statement in }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 the}{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 p}{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 laint to be barred by any law. \par }\pard \s15\qj \fi720\li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5065593 {\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 e}{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 \'85\'85\'85.. \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5065593 {\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 Mr. }{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 A}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 yigihugu submitted that}{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 the law applicable is the law }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 of limitation }{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 CAP 70 la}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 ws of Uganda Section 6 }{ \insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 which states:- \par }\pard \s15\qj \li720\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5065593 {\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 \'93}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 No action shall be brought by any }{ \insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 person to}{\insrsid1515007 recover }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 land after the ex}{\insrsid1515007 piry of 12 years from the date }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 on which the right }{\insrsid1515007 of action accrued to him or if }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 first accrued to some}{\insrsid1515007 person through whom he claims }{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 to that person }{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 \par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid14973351 {\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 He continued that the plain}{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 tiffs were suing in the representative}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 capacity of the estate of one Musa Kalenzi Mugenzi their claim was not limited from the date from the }{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 time}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{ \insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 they became administrators}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 of the estate which according to }{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 Annexture}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 A the }{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 deceased}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 died \line }{\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 in}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 1984 but they obtained letters of Administration in }{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 October 1986}{\ul\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 .} {\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 \par So the period of limitation began to run the life time }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 of }{\ul\insrsid5065593\charrsid1515007 Musa Kalenzi Mugenz}{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 i }{\insrsid2432617\charrsid1515007 as}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid2432617\charrsid1515007 stated under Order 7 of th}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 e }{\insrsid2432617\charrsid1515007 CPR}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 . }{\insrsid2432617\charrsid1515007 Accord}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 ing to the }{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 plaint Annexture B }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 that is the certificate of title the second defendant became the registered owner of the suit property on 22nd }{ \ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 November 1983. }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 The second }{\insrsid2432617\charrsid1515007 defendant}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 took posse ssion of the property immediately thereafter and built housed there on and plaited Banana }{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 plantations }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 And further look at}{\insrsid2432617\charrsid1515007 Annexture B Mukasa Kalenzi Muge}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 n}{\insrsid2432617\charrsid1515007 z}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 i became the }{\insrsid2432617\charrsid1515007 proprietor registered}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{ \insrsid2432617\charrsid1515007 of}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 the suit land on the }{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 15th }{\ul\insrsid2432617\charrsid1515007 January}{\ul\insrsid1515007 }{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 1969 but on 20th January 1969 the first defendant became the }{\ul\insrsid2432617\charrsid1515007 registered}{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 owner of the suit land }{\insrsid2432617\charrsid1515007 Kalenz}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 i }{ \insrsid13259358\charrsid1515007 was}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 the registered owner of the suit }{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 land for only 5 days then on the 22nd November1983 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 the 2nd defendant became the regi}{\insrsid13259358\charrsid1515007 stered owner of the suit land, sinc}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 e then the 2nd defendant has been in occupation of the }{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 suit land undisturbed, }{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 It should be noted that the plaintiffs obtained}{\insrsid13259358\charrsid1515007 letters of Administration on 30}{\super\insrsid13259358\charrsid1515007 th}{\insrsid13259358\charrsid1515007 }{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 October 1986 and did nothing until June 1991 when they filed the instant suit. }{\insrsid13259358\charrsid1515007 \par }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 In paragraph 8 of the plaint Kalenzi }{\insrsid13259358\charrsid1515007 died}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 in }{\insrsid1515007 August 1984 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 therefore d}{ \insrsid13259358\charrsid1515007 uring his life time the 2nd defendant was in occupation of the }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 suit}{\insrsid13259358\charrsid1515007 land }{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 as registered owner }{ \ul\insrsid13259358\charrsid1515007 undisturbed}{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 by the deceased except some time when the deceased lodged }{\ul\insrsid13259358\charrsid1515007 a caveat}{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 against the land through his counsel the late Ssesanga that }{\ul\insrsid13259358\charrsid1515007 the }{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 plaintiff tried }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 to go }{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 around this }{ \insrsid7997377\charrsid1515007 limitation}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 in para 7 by stating that it was in September 1983 when the deceased discovered that title to his land was }{\insrsid11867557\charrsid1515007 missing and that on }{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 investigation discovered that the first defendant had regis}{\insrsid11867557\charrsid1515007 tered the }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 land and }{\insrsid11867557\charrsid1515007 transferred it in November 1983.}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 The deceased Kalenzi is dead. He could not be here to give evidence but knew that the first defendant was the}{\insrsid11867557\charrsid1515007 registered owner of the land. \par }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 In the circumstances it is clear from the plaint }{\insrsid11867557\charrsid1515007 particularly}{\insrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 annexture A and B that the deceased Mukasa Kalenzi Muganzi knew that he had lost ownership of the land in 19}{\insrsid11867557\charrsid1515007 69, He took no step to recover }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 it during his lif}{\insrsid11867557\charrsid1515007 e time and the plaintiffs who we}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 re his near }{\insrsid11867557\charrsid1515007 personal representative}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 could not recover this la}{\insrsid11867557\charrsid1515007 nd and prayed that the plaint be }{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 struck out because it was bad in }{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 law }{\ul\insrsid11867557\charrsid1515007 frivolous}{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 vexatious and }{\ul\insrsid11867557\charrsid1515007 fraudulent}{ \ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 to recover this land which was fully de}{\insrsid11867557\charrsid1515007 veloped which development took place during the life time of Kalenzi}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 \par }{\insrsid11498761\charrsid1515007 On the other han}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 d Mr. Lutakome the learned counsel who appeared for the }{\insrsid11498761\charrsid1515007 plaintiffs}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 submitted that he was fully conversant with the law cited by his leaned friend but his colleagu}{\insrsid11498761\charrsid1515007 e has wrongly applied the law. I}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 n paragraph 10 }{\insrsid11498761\charrsid1515007 t}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 he suit is based on fraud and the various allegation (of fraud are narrated there in and i}{\insrsid1515007 n various paragraphs. }{\insrsid11498761\charrsid1515007 Under S. 26 of the limitation A}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 ct the period of limitation cannot start to be comp}{\insrsid11498761\charrsid1515007 uted until fraud is discovered so}{\insrsid1515007 in case of recovery of land }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 where the suit must be filed within 12 years}{\insrsid2235799\charrsid1515007 when the plaintiff complains o}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 f fraud one starts compiling the date when the defendants }{\insrsid2235799\charrsid1515007 discovered fraud.

\par }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 In paragraph 7 of the plaint it}{\insrsid1515007 is stated that the late Musa }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 Kalanzi discovered that the certificate of title was }{\insrsid2235799\charrsid1515007 missing}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 and that is when he stated to know that there}{\insrsid2235799\charrsid1515007 was a foul play and that is whe}{\insrsid1515007 n }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 he instructed his lawyer in 1984 and }{ \insrsid2235799\charrsid1515007 there a caveat was lodged. On }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 the question of }{\insrsid2235799\charrsid1515007 encumbrances}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 Mr. Lutakome submitted that his learned brother was telling lies that the fraud was discovered in }{\insrsid15097250\charrsid1515007 1969.}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 It is premature to}{\insrsid15097250\charrsid1515007 come out with such a statement}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 such }{\insrsid15097250\charrsid1515007 statement}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 could not be entertained at that stage. Look }{\insrsid15097250\charrsid1515007 at the period from 1983 as the }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 starting period to calculate the period. }{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 This suit}{\ul\insrsid15097250\charrsid1515007 was}{\b\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{ \ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 filed in 19}{\ul\insrsid15097250\charrsid1515007 9}{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 1}{\ul\insrsid15097250\charrsid1515007 .}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 That meant the Twelve y ears have not expired in the light of S}{\insrsid2633523\charrsid1515007 .}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 26 of the limitation Act, The learned counsel also referred me to page 2 Part III of the land Register titled }{\insrsid2633523\charrsid1515007 Encumbrances Annexture B which were }{\insrsid7410655\charrsid1515007 referred }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 to by his learned }{\insrsid7410655\charrsid1515007 friend}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 and submitted that that shows that the land had been a }{\insrsid7410655\charrsid1515007 subject of various disputes.}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 As one goes to the bottom of page 2 of }{\insrsid7410655\charrsid1515007 encumbrances}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 on}{ \insrsid7410655\charrsid1515007 e discovers that the late Musa}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 Kalenzi lodged a caveat then and the same was pleaded in paragraph 10(b) of the plaint but the second defendant fraudulently caused }{ \ul\insrsid7410655\charrsid1515007 the removal of the caveat on 9}{\ul\super\insrsid7410655\charrsid1515007 th}{\ul\insrsid7410655\charrsid1515007 M}{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 ay 1}{\ul\insrsid7410655\charrsid1515007 990.}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid7410655\charrsid1515007 That was done when the late Musa Kalenzi had died. The present plaintiff have no }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 knowl}{\insrsid7410655\charrsid1515007 edge how the caveat was removed.}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 The last endorsement on para 2 of }{\insrsid7410655\charrsid1515007 encumbrances }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 reflects that the second defendant had }{\insrsid7410655\charrsid1515007 lodged}{ \insrsid12602853\charrsid1515007 a caveat on the suit }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 property}{\insrsid12602853\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 on her own land. At this stage they do not }{\insrsid12597980\charrsid1515007 kno}{ \insrsid12602853\charrsid1515007 w}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 why the se}{\insrsid12597980\charrsid1515007 c}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 on}{\insrsid12597980\charrsid1515007 d}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 defendant who claims that was the owner of the land}{\insrsid12597980\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 lodged a caveat. Those are matters which the court must }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 address}{\i\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 itself}{\insrsid12597980\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 properly}{\insrsid12597980\charrsid1515007 whe}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 n evidence has been led. His learned friend had submitted that there were some tenants and developments on the land and that the 2nd defendant was in possession. He contended that it was not easy to say whether there were such development unless some }{ \insrsid12597980\charrsid1515007 evidence}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 was led. He prayed that }{\insrsid12597980\charrsid1515007 the}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 preliminary objection be }{\insrsid12597980\charrsid1515007 overruled}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 becau}{\insrsid12597980\charrsid1515007 se the suit was filed in time. \par }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 Mr. Ayigihugu in reply submitted that it would be a waste of time to hear this case}{\insrsid13988221\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 because according to the rules he quoted. That the }{ \insrsid13988221\charrsid1515007 pleadings show}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid13988221\charrsid1515007 that the}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 suit is time barred. Paragraph 8 on which his learned friend relied n could not be in the know} {\insrsid13988221\charrsid1515007 ledge of the plaintiff which the}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 y could prove of }{\insrsid13988221\charrsid1515007 their own knowledge. Neither of}{\insrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 the plaintiffs stated that they discovered it but it was the deceased who discovered the fr}{\insrsid13988221\charrsid1515007 aud. That was the time they stated }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 computing the time, Paragraphs }{ \insrsid13988221\charrsid1515007 8}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 is contracted by the entry on Annexture B of }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 5/3/69.}{\i\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 His client was accused of lodging a caveat but he had \line }{\insrsid14565496\charrsid1515007 a certificate of title.}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 The legal conclusion was that when the entry was made Kalenzi who is now dead had a certi}{ \insrsid14565496\charrsid1515007 fi}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 cate of title and must have known the proprietor of the land was t}{\insrsid14565496\charrsid1515007 he first defendant. He contended }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 that}{ \insrsid14565496\charrsid1515007 i}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 t}{\insrsid14565496\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 was the truth that section 26 of th}{\insrsid14565496\charrsid1515007 e}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 limitation Act proposes the period of limitation where f}{\insrsid14565496\charrsid1515007 raud is pleaded with reasonable diligence.}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 He referred me to }{\insrsid14565496\charrsid1515007 page two of the certificate \'93 encumbrance}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 \'94 He submitted }{\insrsid14565496\charrsid1515007 that the land was full of disp}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 utes}{\insrsid14565496\charrsid1515007 . The }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 deceased could not ha}{\insrsid14565496\charrsid1515007 ve failed to discover any thing }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 on the land. }{\insrsid14565496\charrsid1515007 He was registered }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 for only }{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 5}{\i\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 days. }{\insrsid14565496\charrsid1515007 \par He concluded sin}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 ce 1986 when the plaintiffs got letters of Administration were they not a ware of the fraud? He praye}{\insrsid14565496\charrsid1515007 d that the plaint be rejected. \par }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 I now proceed to consider the objection the plaint shows that the, plaintiffs brought this action against the defendants in their }{\insrsid11888798\charrsid1515007 representative}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 capacity as the Administrators and trustees of the }{\insrsid11888798\charrsid1515007 Estate}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 of the late Musa Kalenzi Muganzi comprised in Mailo register, Kibuga Block 28 plot 540 s}{\insrsid11888798\charrsid1515007 i}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 tuated at Makerere. Paragraph 6 of }{\insrsid11888798\charrsid1515007 the plaint al}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 leges }{\insrsid11888798\charrsid1515007 that}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 at all material time to this suit the late Muss Kalenzi was th}{\insrsid11888798\charrsid1515007 e}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid11888798\charrsid1515007 lawful}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 proprietor of the land }{ \insrsid11888798\charrsid1515007 discussed}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 above}{\insrsid11888798\charrsid1515007 .}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid11888798\charrsid1515007 \par }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 Where as paragraph }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 7}{\i\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 avers t}{\insrsid1515007 hat sometime in September 1983 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 the deceased discovered that the certificate of title to his }{\insrsid11888798\charrsid1515007 said l}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 and was missing and on investigation it was discovered in September 1983 that }{\insrsid11888798\charrsid1515007 the}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 first defendant had registered herself as owner of }{\insrsid11888798\charrsid1515007 the}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 said land }{\insrsid11888798\charrsid1515007 a}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 nd }{ \insrsid15155722\charrsid1515007 subsequently}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid15155722\charrsid1515007 transferred}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 it}{\b\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 to the second}{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 defendant in November 1983 and the l}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 a}{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 t}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 te}{ \insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 r}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 was}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 still}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 the register ed proprietor f the same to the present day.}{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 \par However }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 in paragraph 8 it was alleged that the deceased suspicious of foul play to his land was first aroused in }{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 September}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 1983 when}{ \insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 t}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 he second defendant directed tenants on the said land to}{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 vacate it.}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 \line The dec eased lodged a caveat on the said land in th}{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 e land office at. Kampala on 11}{\super\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 th}{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 October 1983 through his lawyer Mr. Sessanga}{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 (deceased). }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 The late Musa Kalenzi died in August }{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 1984, His}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 lawyer died two years}{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 later. \par }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 The crucial issue upon which a decision is sought is to find out whether the action was brought after more than twelve years in contravention of section }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 6}{ \i\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 of the limi}{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 tation Act. There is provision }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 of the same Act which provides that the period of limitation shall not begin to run until the plaintiff has disc}{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 overed the}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 fraud or the mistake as }{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 the case may be, or could with reasonable diligence have di}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 scovered it. }{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 \par }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 In the }{\insrsid2571642\charrsid1515007 instant}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 case }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 it}{\b\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid10239664\charrsid1515007 was the deceased}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 the said Kalenzi Mugenzi who first discovered in 1983 that the first defendant had the suit property registered in his own names and later had the land title }{\insrsid10239664\charrsid1515007 transferred}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 to the second defendant who is the current registered owner \line of the disputed land. The deceased then instructed his lawyer Mr. Sessanga in 1983 who lod}{\insrsid10239664\charrsid1515007 ged a caveat, Kalenzi Mugenzi is all}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 eged to have passed a way in August 1984 and }{\insrsid10239664\charrsid1515007 his lawyer did two years after wards, whereas the plaintiffs got le}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 tters of administration to the estate of the late Mugenzi Kalenzi in 1986. The }{\insrsid10239664\charrsid1515007 plaint}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 further alleged that the plaintiff on their o wn discovered that there was foul play when they learnt that the }{\insrsid10239664\charrsid1515007 defendants were evicting tenants from the suit property.}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 I am of the view that the cause of action arose in 1983 when the plaintiffs discovered the alleged fraud and or at the said date }{\insrsid10239664\charrsid1515007 when }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 the late Sessanga lodged a }{ \insrsid10239664\charrsid1515007 caveat}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 to the disputed la}{\insrsid10239664\charrsid1515007 nd which was also in the same yea}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 r 1983. I do not therefore subscribe to the submission of the learned counsel appearing for the defendants that the computation of time began to run from the life time of the pleaceased from 1}{\insrsid92919\charrsid1515007 5/1/1969 when the said Kalenzi }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 w}{\insrsid92919\charrsid1515007 a}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 s then registered as the first }{\insrsid92919\charrsid1515007 owner}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 of the }{\insrsid92919\charrsid1515007 suit property as per the\rquote encumbrances on part III o}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 f the }{\insrsid92919\charrsid1515007 certificate}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 of title. It was contended by Mr. Ayigihugu that the deceased knew that the fi rst defendant was the owner of the land when the latter had the land registered in his}{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 own names. I am of the firm vi}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 ew that it is premature to a}{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 s}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 ce}{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 rtain}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 at this stage whether the deceased had such knowledge. Such matter has to be proved when evidence is led at the }{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 trial of the substantive suit. \par In}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 addition accord}{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 ing to section 26 of the limitation Act the period}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 began to run after the }{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 discovery}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 of the fraud in 1983 as I had earlier found a}{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 nd the action was filed in 1991.}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 The action was }{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 therefore }{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 brought within the }{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 prescribed period of 12 years. It}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 was }{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 instituted within}{\b\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 9 yea}{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 rs and as such it was not time b}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 arred See }{\ul\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 George William Joga}{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 V Ashy }{ \ul\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 Musoke B}{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 agir}{\ul\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 awalo court of appear for East A}{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 frica. Reported 1977 HCB A 68.}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 In addition since the defen}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 dants wer}{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 e claiming that the instant case was filed after the expiration of}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 twelve years, The issue of limitation was triable which could \line only be determined after hearing the evidence on the matter \line }{\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 See Murome vs Kiko and Another 1985 HCB P 68. }{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007

\par }\pard \s15\qj \li0\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid4200064 {\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 Mr. Ayigihugu had also contended that the suit was frivol}{ \insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 ous, vexatious and fraudulent }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 and that the same should be dismissed as having failed to disclose a cause action, The learned, counsel was referring to order 7 }{ \insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 rules 11(e) of }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 the }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 CPR}{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 .}{\i\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 Unfortun}{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 ately he never laid ground for }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 this objection}{\b\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 and it appears he was introducing some thing new in his argument because }{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 h}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 is prelimin}{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 ary objection to the plaint was based on the fact that it was tim}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 e}{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 barred }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 see }{\insrsid13321387\charrsid1515007 order }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 7 }{\insrsid4200064\charrsid1515007 rule (}{\insrsid13321387\charrsid1515007 d) of the CPR. \par }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 With that }{\insrsid13321387\charrsid1515007 explanation above i}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 t is the firm view of this }{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 court}{\i\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 }{ \insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 that }{\insrsid13321387\charrsid1515007 the preliminary objective must f}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 ail. }{\insrsid13321387\charrsid1515007 The}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 same is over ruled with costs }{ \insrsid13321387\charrsid1515007 to the plaintiffs. \par }\pard \s15\qj \fi720\li5760\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin5760\itap0\pararsid13321387 {\b\insrsid13321387\charrsid1515007 \par I. Mukanza \par }{\b\ul\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 JUDGE }{\b\ul\insrsid13321387\charrsid1515007 \par }\pard \s15\qj \li6480\ri0\sb100\sa240\sbauto1\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin6480\itap0\pararsid13321387 {\b\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 18/8/93}{\insrsid6835447\charrsid1515007 \line \par }}