Makonge Mwasi vs Magoigwa Mgine (PC Civil Appeal No. 63 of 1990) [1990] TZHC 327 (25 November 1990)

! n~~ i11=.M¥,J 4Q!AA/i · · "- ► +£!l,t;.3%, i!i: • • · ' ' I ', •< ' - ' ,, • \ 6EKUL E, . J_. IN THE hIGn CuURT uF T,iNZ/,NL, .. . , (ippeal ·-.f..im ·th,~ i1e)Csi_Jn ,.>f th,.: Distr'ict :: iur-t .:.:if Sereng_:.ti District c,it 1:iugumu in Civil .n.;)p,.::l N.:,.62 :.Jf 19'90. Bef::.ire F.S.K.I.willa Esq. D/i•;o) •••••••• .... A•Oa••o•eoooeo · V . ..::rsus JU .9,0 N.E NT Thii <39pdl .3nt_ su,.:i th•:! n•sp.:>nint in the! hugumu ,f.r.im..::-y -... urt ±0r thn.2' h2td.s ::if Cdttl,e. "· The bi..!Ck gr,)UOi 1 )f th,; ·c.}S€ is th.)t th,2 ::1;:>pell:1nt•. :,.'!'Cr.'.:,;·::.:.: or. b:tild 9 h;-yis vf c:;3.ttle· tJ. th2 r:_!SiJC>niento Sh:Jrtly thcr,,::.:~~~.>: this . .. . . . . . . . . ~ •. . b::.iling., the 3ppell.:rnt.,is ·s3i·I tu h./vE: 02.en ietdini:;i. • .\ri:1---vJh:n ho· . . .~ . -w-j·s;··rt:::l e.:.1sei c1ni cc,me. bc~ h..;m!'·, h1:.: f:.:>un·f two ·Jf. his c:it;t1..:.:. 'i1c'.-1 givE:n . . ,. . ·: : . birth·- to tw:> calves. • ·-S.J. th2re was a t0t::1l. Jf 11 h~,>'.s ·f c:ittlc, thSt is, incluiing th.-: two cal vs. In 1987,. tht af>j_)-=fl,2:1nt wsnt to gt.)t bdCk his C(lti:,l:.;. f!:-.,m .:th(! r...:sp0nient. The rc::sp(.;ni.e.nt g,Wv ·him 9 hl--{s of c..ittl c:;._ Hr., .\·ns tc.lr1 th(;'t <.,.ne of th2 he.)iS uf Cdttlo..:'· h.:.d ii2·f dni th..: skin ,_f th.: s.::i: h-..::1 ..;f c:.:ittle W:3.S pru·iuc1 :1ni sh . .Jwn tu the app2lLinto iii:1 h·: Sl;mei t have accepte~this explanntion with rgar1 ~~ this p2rticul2r hcb1 of catt12. Of th1:;; remaining Jne h':..:d uf Cdttll'= tu bring th..:: t.,t,:.l nu:,t:).,r to 11 h·,:ds 0£ cctttle, the'"res?·->n-lnt tuli him that it w,1s std ,:i ):,Y: .. Fti:btle :-·,. rustlt::r~·•. The appcll.:rnt ii'l n.)t aco.::pt:.-~this ..::xpi"ctn::itiJn. ~p c,-_n;t-.:.nis th:it this W3S but .::i··trick -~n th-:: ps:irt ·Jf th,2 r-esp::foi0nt t __ r_kpriv-..; him .:.,f his cattle. He thE::ref;_jr.e went tu C..:-urt tu institutf.:. th2 ;f . .;rc.;s::i1 civil suit; claimi11g this p::irticular hea1·of c:.:ittle plus tw:i c:.lvs · which. he el.:iims it must h:..ive given .birth tu:, :-:luring th" it ., . ·;. w:-is in the honis of the ·res·p,)ni~~nt. The tri:tl Court :!(:i.:s.:c;;f t111.: una.nimJus .')pinLm tn:1t th-.:. .::::Vi-,~11.:rnt :il nut est3blish his c.3se. ThJt is, ~t acce?L:i th--" r;~spr.:·. .:nt 1 s cicccunt wj, th reg.:1r1 t.) th2 circumstsnces th:.i..t lei tJ th;_ 1-.)SS of this ;).:,rticular hea1 l"Jf c::ittle. 1-1.ni that th-2 rs-sa,Jn·ient c.:iul ··1 t').." -t 1)-..: blumeii f:)r thdt· l'.)SS. The ':lppell...1nt unsuccessfully c1pp.::ale1 t.J th., District .;.f S.,r,rngeti District Court ?f Serengeti District at l'Jugumu. ·

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