Omari Maulid & Others vs Rashidi Mohamedi (PC Civil Appeal No. 76 of 1988) [1990] TZHC 122 (21 December 1990)

DJ TEE f'ICG comT Oii' 'I'.AJ:·J:..;AiHA AT DAR ES SA PC CPlIL APPEAL NOo 76 OF 1988 OH.ARI MAULID & O•-:;.T;:EilS • • •• o ••• o 6 • • APPELL}J}l 1 S versus RESPOl T:OE::Jll1 BAIIll.'I1I J ~ - 'Thio is an appeal a 0 '2: . .inst the jud.gment and decree of the -Dist:ric·c Co:.1.'..:-c of Ilala. Dis-cric-!io The burning issue in ·chis case is who is ·enti-!il6d to inJ.1.erH the property of the dcceo,sed Hamad.ban MohamedQ The District Cor1..:rt decided that the responden·c who is a half b:?:o·her o:f the dooeasod is onti tled fo inherit .all the prope:r•:;s. I.Ir., Roithatha, le.:L.:necl co1.msel for the .ppellant ha □ argued th::rt ·the deceased. :1.c.:.d a du.ghter who di0d. c:::.:i:te:r ·tho deceased· 1 s death. TJ.1:i.s ,laughter hacl.. 6 c:1i1drcm three of whom n:ro 0011s0 The sons a:i.:·e the grandsons of ·clce deceased who a:rG entitled. to a sha;;:-e Distrio"~ I:I2cistrate in his jnc~';'Dent has listed. the ,c:toons who axe entitled to inherit on ·c:Ci.c. ,:ialG side as (a) th2 d.i;,ce:?,scid 1 s oou(s), (b) the d.ece.-:.sed's me.le g:r-;.ncLson(s), (c) ·che doce:,sed 1 s :L-.ther, (d) the clece:·,sedts grcnd.fc:.t;1eJ:'·, In this list of entitled. hci:2s he has. ezch1ded the decc::secl. 1 s ll~~1..vf1tor ::mcl her :f:'JniJ.;;r t 111 ot}1or words ·c.::c 102.rncd District H cist:r:-.·:;e iG ::i.~,;y-i:;.1g in .:1irJ judg;nent th:,:1; tllo c'JJovo persons would prevent c:, hc.lf bro·i;her of -2::.c decec.sr:id f::com inheriting tho o.cce::ssed I s property. Nr. R::'..i th0,tha. has c..rc,;u.od t:1z,,t the o.,ppclL'l1'GG ( -liree sons of the deco-..,sed. 1 s dauglrccr) ,;::re tho deceC'..sodi s g;. 1 ::-,.ndsons., Tho respondent on thG other },..::,nd h::::.s submH·tec'. ·i;]r:c ,,hen thG dece,:,,se( died, he he.cl not f.1."'.t':.o his d'.'.ughtor .7ll heir' :-:ncl t!J.c.; the d:::uglrGor died before she w2.2 n2.dc · :11 heir:;, ~cl thri;l; ·chis is 0, prob.:l.te o:f Rc.Elo.d.hQ.11 :t'Ioh.:-..mcd tl:.c clcco".'.s0d :--·.nd no-c thC'.:c o:c his ' .

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