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In the matter of Late Aedeke (Miscellaneous Application No. 82 of 2022)

High Court · [2022] UGHCFD 7 · 2022 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Ex parte application to revoke letters of administration following death of co-administrator and grant fresh letters to surviving administrator
Decision
Letters of administration revoked and fresh grant issued to surviving administrator as sole administrator

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Holding

The High Court held that letters of administration granted jointly to two administrators become inoperative upon the death of one co-administrator under Succession Act s.234(2)(d). The court revoked the original grant and issued fresh letters to the surviving administrator as sole administrator, finding him a fit and proper person without requiring fresh proof of matters established in the original grant.

Outcome

Letters of administration revoked and fresh grant issued to surviving administrator as sole administrator

Facts

Okello Aedeke Solomon and his mother Isalit Anna Grace were jointly granted letters of administration for the estate of the late Aedeke John Omuto on 14 May 2009 under Administration Cause No. 41 of 2008. Isalit Anna Grace died on 27 December 2021. A family meeting held on 31 December 2021 resolved that administration should be granted to the applicant. The applicant applied to strike out the deceased co-administrator's name and be granted letters as sole administrator, arguing the original grant had become inoperative.

Issues

  1. Whether the applicant has fulfilled the grounds for the revocation of the grant of letters of administration following the death of a co-administrator.
  2. Whether the applicant can be granted letters of administration as sole administrator of the estate.

Orders

  • The letters of administration vide Administration Cause No. 41 of 2008 granted to Isalit Anna Grace and Okello Aedeke Solomon are revoked.
  • Okello Aedeke Solomon is found to be a fit and proper person and is granted letters of administration as sole administrator of the estate of the late Aedeke John Omuto.
  • No order as to costs since the application is ex parte.

Rules and key headnotes

Succession & Estates — Revocation of Letters of Administration — Death of Co-Administrator — Grant Becoming Inoperative
A grant of letters of administration issued jointly to two or more administrators becomes inoperative under Succession Act s.234(2)(d) when one co-administrator dies, constituting just cause for revocation of the grant.
Succession & Estates — Revocation and Fresh Grant — Procedure Where Co-Administrator Dies
Where a grant of letters of administration is made jointly to two or more administrators and one dies, the court must revoke the earlier grant and issue a fresh one; the court is not empowered to simply strike out the name of one administrator and allow the grant to continue in operation.
Succession & Estates — Fresh Grant to Surviving Administrator — No Need to Prove Matters Afresh
Where a grant to two or more administrators is revoked and a fresh grant is made to one or more of the original administrators, there is no need to prove afresh all the matters that were proved to obtain the original grant, unless circumstances are shown to the contrary.
Succession & Estates — Revocation and Fresh Grant — Single Process Under Succession Act s.234(5)
Under Succession Act (As Amended) 2022 s.234(5), a court may in the same process for revocation of letters of administration grant letters of administration to another person where the court determines that such person is a fit and proper person to be granted letters under the Act.

Legislation cited (4)

Cases cited (5)

  • In the Goods of Galbraith [1951] P 422
  • In the Matter of the Estate of the Late Javuru Apollo Michael (High Court Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 0053 of 2016)
  • In The Goods of William Loveday (1900) P 154
  • In The Matter of An Application for Revocation of Letters of Administration and Grant Instead to Piwa Clare and Biywaga Joan (Miscellaneous Civil Application No. 53 of 2016)
  • Ndugga Francis Ddiba v Nansikombi Rita and Others [1980] HCB 79

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In the matter of Late Aedeke (Miscellaneous Application No. 82 of 2022) [2022] UGHCFD 7 (8 February 2022)
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