Ally vs Hamza Juma (PC Misc Civil Appeal No. 14 of 1996) [1999] TZHC 467 (20 December 1999)

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2 Further to the foregoing it is in evidence that the Appellant devolor,ed the lancl in question. It has been established in avidence tbat the Appall ant built a house on it. It is the A.ppcllant I s case that ";he decoasod had offered him the L.nd in dispute for his exclusive-. uoc. It uou.1.d aJ.so appear from the Appellant's evidence that the.re t-ra.s only one plot and not two as asserted by the Res1JO'nd.ent. It is, however, ap]?arc:nt f'i"'Om the proceod:i.:,16 '3 in tb.is court ana. both courts below that the :following matter is in clispute betwecm tho1n. It uas tho Respondent ts case in the trial com--t, f'ii~st appellate oourt a;.1d in this court as well, tliat tb.o .AJ?pellant 1ra.s not :i.ven the port5.on of land that sprawls beyond tho rortion uhere )io ll.ou.'30 has been 1- • i"'"'.C occ:1 built on. It is tho Respondent's case that tbe remaining portion belong-a to DH.2. It is on the basis of' tce :foreing that he has aJ.l aJ.ons -maintained that tl.1..e A:p:pGllant had sued a wrong person succinctly, this is where the ~ies are at issue. The f'irst a1)pellate com--t did not rule on th.0 question as ·t:;o wl1otllor or not the appellant had sood a wronc l"X3r'"JOi"le I think for ease of' reference and" in order i;o· appreciate. fully, I f'ind it pertinent to ro1n.'OdU.Cc what the triaJ. ;na3:i.strate saida- "Tiof'oro I give decision on this point, I hav0 to point out that tho ::.."Ospondent had option to go to court a.:1d sue the A,ppella..'l'lt. Th:Li:: is a rule of' private property that you can not tell a person how. to sue and whom to sue for his right. The aJ?1?01lro1t had no option to ~'O to court once he was sued. Once ho was taken to court he couJ.d not sey 11 wl1Jr me. In this ca.se, tho Appellant hacl {;Ono to court. i'Tell and good." It is on the basis of tho :fore 0"0inc; tllat i a)Il unable to aC;Too with both learned counsel Messrs 11:ramba and :Jangaue, for tho a:vl)Ollant and respondent respectively, that the learned Resident Ha0 :lsti--ato (in tho f'irst aJ:>Iiellato court) had llelcl tl.1at he had lTrOns].y ouod t.:1.e Respondent, nam.ely II.AI.:.iSiJJ J1J1VIA.. I can not, th.ere:fore, in tb.o abs0nce o:c su£f'ioient ma.tei---j.aJ., as is aPl'-''1.:ront :from the e.xce:r]?t of tllo judgment, rule this waiy or that way on· the c;i:-ound of appeal oo raised. that 11 tho learned Resident Magistrate misdirected himself' in lau a,':ld on tl1e facts in holding that the AJ_)pella.nt had wrongly sued the Respondent Hassan Juma. • .... /3

' ' ii __ ,..,.. ... • 3 I now turn to g:rouncls 2, 3 a....-1d 4 of the Petition of a.pPeal miaa11ti tled memorandum of appeal.. These grotu.'ld$ o:cy-stalises do1m to one GTOund, namely whether or not there ,ran ~ evidence to suppbrt or justify the court's decision to dis:possess th.e A- 1 :rpellant of the land in dispute. This being the second aprellate court, unlike tha first appellate court, it can only reverse the findings of factfi of the :n.rs'li appellate cour-h if it llad misclirectecl i tsalf on the evidence, as is the case in the instant al)l)eal. Having oarei'ully and ve:cy sobber~ eone through the evidence :recorded in the co"UJ:"1:; oi" first instanoe, I ean ve:cy- com:eorrta.bl.y and comprehensively sey- that DU',. 2 did not at aJ.l 'VO olaim on the suit plot. :Both Ptr o 2 a;nd p·:r • 3 had in their evidence rrhioh was not seriously controverted. supported the Ar>pellant's 01morship'f:t claim over the disputed pa.reel of' lnnd.. MJ rightly c b:,..;:;:;", ul by Mr. lba P:r. 2 is on record, to have observed qr l:h". Mra.mba, as is evident from page 4 of' the typed prooeedi.ngs, Pt·T. 2 is on record, to have said when unswering a question that was 111.1t to him ey the trial magistrate and I reproduce verbation what he said.I- "]heo lote a.l.ikabid.lliwa yeye, eneo linalO[>'Ombaniwa nd.ilo alilokabidhiwa },ldai. 11 There is a1so the evidence in chief of ro. 3 at l)a.ra.graph 4 of l)a.(,'0 4 of the -cyped. proceed.i.n&s which runs as l'ollous 1- 11 ••• hapo a1imzunt:,·usha. cneo lote niki~ nirneona, a.k:i.mkabidhi ha.di leo hii na};)al{.ana. na, lial<lZa (Mda.i ). tt Sao• In cross-e:ll:al!lina:t.ion he answered as f'ollous :- ":Bheo a1iloka.bialliwa Udai ndilo lililoii.1.c;iliwa. Ila JRda.iua.. 11 In nv considered view-, when the evidence of' ET.2 and PJ.3 •is Gni.1.Side:red with the evidence of the ResJX)ndent hinself' who has in faot: admitted that the appellw.1.t wiis :i.n occupation of th.e_ land in dis1JUte. He, h.o.-rever, accuses the AJ?pollant as bcins a t:ros:passer. I am f'ortified in this view ~J tll.e Respondent's assertion at Page 7 of the typed proceeding"S whero in answering a question put to him by the second assessor is on :record to have said the follow:i.nga"'."' 11 .. • .ilikuwa anai tumia tu s:iyo yake. 11 ••• /4

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