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In the Matter of an Application for letters of Administration By Kajumba and Another (FPT-00-CV-MA 4 of 2023)

High Court · [2023] UGHCFD 4 · 2023 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Ex parte application to amend letters of administration following death of co-administrator
Decision
Application dismissed for failure to prove death of co-administrator

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Holding

Application to amend letters of administration dismissed where applicant failed to adduce proof of death of co-administrator. Court held that while Succession Act s.234(2)(d) permits revocation of inoperative grants, the applicant bears the burden of proving the facts grounding the application.

Outcome

Application dismissed for failure to prove death of co-administrator

Facts

Kajumba Gorrettii and Tinkamalirwe Boneface were jointly granted letters of administration over the estate of Julius Kagaba on 18 February 2008. Kajumba Gorrettii brought an ex parte application to amend the grant to remove Tinkamalirwe Boneface, alleging he had died on 6 October 2018. She averred that his continued inclusion on the grant prevented her from accessing the deceased's bank account at Stanbic Bank where his pension was deposited. She failed to attach any documentary evidence proving Tinkamalirwe Boneface's death.

Issues

  1. Whether the court should amend letters of administration to remove a deceased co-administrator where the applicant fails to adduce evidence proving the co-administrator's death.

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • Costs of the application to be met by the applicant in her personal capacity.

Rules and key headnotes

Succession & Estates — Letters of Administration — Revocation of Inoperative Grants — Grounds
Section 234(2)(d) of the Succession Act permits courts to revoke letters of administration that have become inoperative where, for reasons arising from subsequent events, it becomes necessary for practical reasons to revoke the grant, such as where an administrator becomes incapable of managing affairs by reason of mental or physical incapacity or death.
Succession & Estates — Letters of Administration — Revocation — Object and Purpose
The primary object for the power to revoke a grant of letters of administration is to ensure due and proper administration of an estate and protection of the interests of those beneficially interested. The court may revoke an inoperative grant and make a fresh grant where it is clear that the previous grant has turned out abortive or inefficient.
Evidence — Burden of Proof — Applications to Amend Letters of Administration
An applicant seeking to amend letters of administration on grounds that a co-administrator has died bears the burden of proving the death to the satisfaction of the court. Failure to adduce evidence of death is fatal to the application.

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In the Matter of an Application for letters of Administration By Kajumba and Another (FPT-00-CV-MA 4 of 2023) [2023] UGHCFD 4 (27 February 2023)
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