Kawalya v Kashaija (Civil Suit No. 1437 of 1999)
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Holding
Court declined to determine preliminary objection alleging illegality and fraud in land title registration where defendant held certificate of title to plot 4 and plaintiff to plot 5, both claiming the same land. Held that competing claims involving two different certificates of title for the same land required parties to adduce evidence at full hearing to establish which title covered the suit land and whether either title was tainted by illegality or fraud.
Outcome
Matter remanded to full hearing after scheduling conference
Facts
Plaintiff filed suit claiming defendant trespassed on his land comprised in LRV 1570 Folio 15 Buwekula Block 389 plot 5 in February 1999 by erecting temporary structures. Defendant filed counterclaim asserting he was the registered proprietor of LRV 1556 Folio 10 Buwekula Block 389 plot 4, that he had occupied the land and grazed cattle since 1978, and that his lease was registered in 1987. Defendant alleged plaintiff's title was fraudulently registered in November 1999 by transfer from only two of three joint tenants, the third being deceased. Defendant raised preliminary objection alleging plaintiff's certificate of title was tainted with illegality and that plaintiff could not sustain an action in trespass against someone who occupied the land before him.
Issues
- Whether the defendant's preliminary objection alleging illegality of the plaintiff's certificate of title should be disposed of summarily without hearing evidence.
- Whether competing claims to the suit land involving two different certificates of title should be determined at preliminary objection stage or at full hearing.
Orders
- Preliminary objection declined.
- Matter to proceed to scheduling conference on 28 August 2012 at 10:00am.
- Defendant directed to serve the 2nd and 3rd defendants by counterclaim with the counterclaim within seven days from the date of this ruling.
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