Mugonyi s/o Malima vs Masige s/o Nyamkomora (PC Civil Appeal No. 27 of 1990) [1990] TZHC 313 (13 November 1990)

IN THE HIGH C0URT - OF' T11.NZi1.i\JIA I

• ( i?C) ·c1VIr. c1..::-(:·;:;n.T NO• 2.7: ;, OP: 1990' ~ . (Ftm the 1ecisi..:,r'.l,-->f the District Court .::lf Mus'Jl!\a ! .. • I Oistri'ct at· 1"JUS'.JffiQ in G'.i:vil Appedr'. No. 55/89.,, . .. . . . . . . . . B1=·f.:;re: A. 'vJqhJme1 __ ;l:I 9 q •. -Principal Di·s tric t Nugis tr .:i-t,::!) . ' -: . :·~ . . ,.._ .: . l•1UG0NY11. S/0 I'-iAI.-lfvlh. ' .................. . ,,·Yctsu:s'.: : .. :.~ .:- h.r,IGE .:;/0 NY1.i•1Ku1'-l.0RA -. -.·. - •• ,; •·• • ••••• •. RESON:J-E:i'fr . . ._ ....... , '• .. . -. _,. . · .. •; ·: ; ; .. ,, .. : i:: jJ . • . \ The' rsponient ctni tht! dppel]Jnt n-Yl a rlis,)ut.e .,OV.'.;!r,·.pii,rt. f· .:r. shamb:::i. This -i.ispute lei t;he r.s.p•Jni•ent: tC ·1;t{t~-t~-- .-.,uit.-:,ag::'.inst '· tho .:ipp'..: ... '.J.ian·t · in .r--1us0m l Urbun 2rimr1ry C0urt - claimi,ng_;pn<2rship' . - :,..j ,·.· .. :) ;-iJ 11.:: ·. - .. . :·: :·f th:. ... } ;.· The triul C0urt 1eciiei in f,:w-Jur of the responient an-i 'iE..-cl·.rL::1 him th"". L.1wful "'wnr :Jf the sriaba in iis·pute. . : .- •.. ·· .. ..___ ,Ths- :lc:.'Cl.sion aggtievei .. ':h·.~ uppellnt ani he appealei t.J the District C,,.)urt of 1'<'.lus0lna District, ,]t fvius0In.:.l. But h2re t-Jo h.: wrn i1;Jt . succ"'ssful h..::nce this appi:!3'r--b this Cour-t. ::.- ;.t the: hearing of this a ppt.:-.:.il the. 51_ppell,:Pt.,;.app'..ifr1-re1 · in -~~rs :,n •. : . -. r"j . . • • ,.J • • •• Th0 r•..:S,:)on-lent w.a represente":l.·by 1'lr. sanihu learnwl --Couns.al. Th(! appdl.:int c0nten--1e1 in his oral submission that th12 shamba w.:is his property . . ani th.:it the r,:.:-c:oncilia,tL.m·curnmittee which hai opportunity t,j hc.,11' 1 .1 th-.:! is;Uto;; iuring .t-hsi ·.c"urly st.:iges of the conflict ieci1ei in his f:1v.-.ur. On the other han-4 J•1r •. -..:1-.n=ihu learne--1 C·.)Unsd, submi tt,::d th::t the c .. mcurr, .. mt iE::cisi0ns .::,f the tw.J lower C Jurts in this cuse were s..,und an·i Wi:.:r b.:-1s1:.d ,)n the viience aiiuco21. .1-1.ni th.:1t th.:: shamba in :is: 0 ·ut has b-..,n in th possessi_jn '..)f the· nc:spon·ient <Jni his anct:!st.)rs fur a long tim,..::., irn1 thclt the trial Court t,nk a lot )f pain in ·le.3ling with the c3se incl u ling visiting tht:" sh.:imba in question. It al so irew v. onvincing •··· sketch :Jlan t·ven sh0wing the gr.:ives :Jf the resp,.m lent I s ancestors wh.__, arc buriei in that part uf the shambv.. It was therefore his contntin thdt the appeal was 1evQii of m-=rits an·} it sh.Juli be iismisse L It is apparent from the gruunls of appcc11, tht::! issue in c-.>ntenti0n urc:: 12ssentially issues of fCict, ::n(1 the crdibility of the 1,•itness1.:s wh•J t,2stifi1 ut th~ trial· •.

2 ani in these mattrs, th 0 iJr CJurt~:·uhluss th~ cntr::::ry is shown it g,.m<e:rally has the bdst ,.Jpp_;rtunity -to::.:i,ec:.i.i:..:n. 'thse issu.:.:s., In this case for example, t· not· . ..:.nly si:iw .th-= witri-=SSi:.:S wh:1 t.:stifie1 b2f;.;r it but it also:·•visitei,: tn~ .. Shi? . .l!lba in -iispute •. ,-1.n1 I. must s::::y-, . : . , ,t,] t ,;. . . .• ·_ ·: • ·, th 1 ..: sketch plun that it -'irew.is indee: c:::invncing'·as it ;::i:.Jitrt,~ 1 uμt th.:: gr .JV<.0S where the r(s-ponient's -ancstor-s are btirit.::io rh:.c,a. ;:,nc,..:st.::,rs coul j n:.it have been. buriei in SJmeone Is shamba.. This in- -my: vi '..;W sh)WS' . . . . . . . . . . . that the claim Jf th-e··:t•e:sponient .o the effct thcit th~ shc:mb:.1 hc.1s been . ,. - ., ........ ·- . thGirs for generti0ns is not without bsis~ • ' f' The trial Go~·-;, .2.1.,,f o;_)p~;·rs £.em its juigrn,2nt. t,:/h:.1v -; r:c.ir, . ..:fully ..... ...,, _______ ·--·--- "" .. "- : ...... ~ .. .:.... . . \ • ..4 . cunsiiere:i an1 analysei the issues h:3_t _Y:,er:e···pe·r:-t·i-n'.ent io ._ti. c::;:se:. ,:,,n1

• ... on tho -vi ience thct t was ten1erei. by t):le parti'es.. On the wh0L., :::ftcr consiiering· th ev:i-ienc.e ;on rec:Jr1,. .I._am of the settled ._jpini-.:n ·i.:i)a-c. th-i.s ,. .... , . . : ~; .. . . ·. ,,, Nov(;rnber ··1990. · ·.

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