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Case Law[1998] TZHC 18Tanzania

Mpendu vs Mpendu (PC Civil Appeal 24 of 1996) [1998] TZHC 18 (21 December 1998)

High Court of Tanzania

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/ •. ! IN THE HIGH COURT OF 'I'ANl\NIA A_U)AR Fo $ .A L.l\AM (PC) CTVH, APPEAr. NO.7.4{1996 (FROM CIVIL APPEAL NO.13/94 OF RUFIJI DISTRICT COURT AND ORIGINAL CIVIL CASE NO.5{94 OF IKWIRIRI PRIMARY COURT) MALIK] SAlOl MPENOU ..... APPELLANT VS. ATHUMAN SAID MPENDU .... RESPONDENT f<M,RmWA"T: Having lost in both courts belowLin UIP Ikwiriri Primary Court and Rufiji District court) Haliki Saidi Hpendu, appellant, tried his luck with this court. His unsuccessful suit an(] house which belonged to his clecesed frlther, and allegedly hought by hi.1Il in 1974 with the consent of [,\11 the 8 surviving children (including hinlself) and 7. wido(jn("lllding his mother). The (~entre or (lispllt.e spems t'o he f'l /)Al'tOW one, for, both pArties are agreed that after their father's death a general consenSllS was reached by all the beneficiaries that the house in question should be disposed off and have its proceedings defray debts left behind by the deceased and which included unpaid dowry of shs.100 for onA of the wi(lows. The conI t'oversy 18 (~~~nl fAd on whn hought the saj.d house - wllP-thet" it was Mal iki Sd.idi Hpendu (Appel 1;'l.Ol)

th!O\lljh renc'hing" concurrenl findiny. Then~ nfler thf! IlldYlsttrlle COllllH)r:;ed judgement supporting the view reached by the \ Assessors hence the throwing out of the pn::lsent Appellants

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