Anyigulile s/o Kyom vs Johani s/o Mwambagi (PC Civil Appeal No. 33 of 1989) [1991] TZHC 2668 (16 August 1991)

;. .. . ·' AT MBEYA .• .. · .. •· i ... • • - . . . ," (PC}. ·c1vn' .APPBA,L .No. 3J 0F,,.1989 . . ~ . (From the decision of the Distri.,}t Court. of • · · · .. .-Rungwe 'Dtstrtbt · t. Twcuyu in· Oi ,n· · A~~e i No; . '' . . . . . .. • ·_7 <>f ·1989 .2:'.iand· o •-'·Tukuyu Urban. Pr:;.mary. Court Oi vi,f Case "No:·5/88 .... ·. . ' ' ,' B3fo l ·c~ B.- tumb,uln, , '.LVMsistrate 1.. . , . ... ANYlULIIE s/0 lCYOM01 i·s 11 ts t:·: st: I n·u1·,·,iAl'PB Versua· J OHAitr s/O MWAMBAGI 1·1 t S i St I I I I : : t t t ~ S St s URESPONDEN'J? . . ·. ~ . . - .... ihis ia an. s,pl)eal from the deision of the l>istrict Court . . . Tukuyu in Civil Appeal-,No. 7/89. which upheld the d$oision of the Primary Court Tukuyu .-.·"1 ·, dismissing the claim of the appe.l.l.all which was compensation for 171 trees alleged to have been· de strayed by the respondent;· In dismissing the appeal ''the learned District Magietrate noted tat.the appellant had faile4 I to adduce evidence to show that the trees he was olaimine, were different from those he claimed. in Civil <rase No.87/87 of the

. .,,; same Primary Court • ..__ _ ,,. Having peaed the recodfw of tht lower courts and heard the submissions of the partiU I fj_nd the following mattaria establlahedt (l) In the ··yrimary Court the appellant did not call any independent evidence to prove that in fifing his 0 1v11 crase N:87/87 he had failed to count 171 trees w~ich are now the .,. subject matter of this case; C • 0 0 r,/ 2 ·,

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-- . 2 - . ·, \ \ •. ' {.)'.··fflieh the l.eerned l>i1iriot Ma~t-r-a'te?·decided to visit the land .on .whfh the tree8 were sui,p<>sed . .. . ~ Y'·, . to be tatidirig the appellant could not pin point the. tres which we~ supposed t<) f <>rm the ' -·;. ..... ·• . ·- . . subject matter .of·.:e ·new oase. · ,. ... (3) It was·naive for the appellant to expect·the·oourta to accept his word that he, hat \forgotten to include • . .... 1- - • - ~ ~ • •,. : .•• - . ' •. 171 .tree.s in N-: oriiμnal sμi :t wi thou:ti' verifying ~~ the. ground,,.what was· the· a~tual. posi ti·on; ·· ..• . ~- ;,,... . "·' ... • .. •• , :· t .,.·/-' \ .. :'----'· ·<;or the abo~ 0 asons like· t· learne:4,Dtstrt~~ -~~stl'ata.-I find ~~. eri t' i'n 'this .ap-i· d rae,:wt. :t:t .. be 41;; d ·w1 th . ~ -- - . . . . . · .. ·: ~ );:·: . .. ~ ···.. ': costs-' . . ·, . ,,·; ..... : ·:;. •,,·,,. ..,. '-· , 'i... '•( \A,,.', , . . .\ .. -: ·.... . L.· :_ • • rnn-:,. : .'!·-... ~ -- · VllUQ At Mbey •' :. ' ·, JlmGE · . ' .. ,j!f)_· ' •c<• . 1 : --t delivered in open .oo·s1n' ··:;re.sen~ of both 1>artiea: LJRC/ATM' lima~ ~ .... , .. . Lt J. :R. CHUA JUDGE 16/8/91