Said Bakari Gibikira vs Mariamu Said (PC Civil Appeal No. 2 of 1997) [1999] TZHC 136 (1 October 1999)
Judgment
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PCo CIVIL APPEAL NO. 22/97
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SAI]) BJ\KARI GUBIKIRA • •••••••• ~ ••• o •• ••• •. ~ • APPELLANT
.VERSUS
MARIAMU SAID •• •• •••• · •••• • •••••••••••• ~ •••••• RESPONDENT
JUDGMENT
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¥ackanja, Judge:
The appellant, originally the defendant, bought a·banda from th•
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respondent at the agreed price of Shso 450,000/=•. He paid S!s, f(y6
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which left an outstanding balance of Shs. 250 9 000/=. He .failed to honoUY
every promise he made about paying the outstanding balan,e..,_
The failure to honour promises repeatedly, ineluding o• he made
before the trial court, amounted to a breach of the sale agreement. Tht
plaintiff, in thos~ circumstances had two options• ,One to enfol."fe the
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contra<,t by way of suing for the recovery of the outstandg balai,,•e ,r·· -
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abandoing it altogether as she did 9 The trial eourt gave her the latte:, •
alternative. Hence, upon his receiving the Shs. 2.oe,fOO/::f,"had h give
vacant "'J?Ossession. The appellant lost in his first appeal, hen1e this
appeal
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C am satisfied, after perusing the reeor.d of the lowe:. 1ou»ts, that
appeal is devoid of any merit, It ·is aecol"dingly dismissed, with'. et,sts 1
orders made by the appellate District Court are u""!:1~":
Delivered 0
J. M, Maekanja
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