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Kitatta Felix and Others v Aloysious Wasswa and Others (Miscellaneous Application No. 605 of 2024)

High Court · [2025] UGHCLD 134 · 2025 Application Dismissed AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for review of warrant of vacant possession and execution proceedings arising from High Court Civil Appeal No. 31 of 2017
Decision
Application dismissed; issues to be determined in pending Civil Suit No. 1101 of 2023

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Holding

Held that the application for review was incompetent because a pending suit (HCCS No. 1101 of 2023) before the same court involved identical issues regarding ownership of the same land. The court found that third parties claiming under a party to an appeal are bound by the decree and that the warrant of vacant possession was properly issued. The application was dismissed with no order as to costs.

Outcome

Application dismissed; issues to be determined in pending Civil Suit No. 1101 of 2023

Facts

The applicants were registered proprietors of subdivided plots created from Busiro Block 282 Plots 46 and 47. The 1st respondent had sued the 2nd respondent in the Chief Magistrate's Court claiming ownership of Plot 46. The trial court dismissed his claim. The 1st respondent appealed to the High Court (HCCA No. 31 of 2017), which found him to be a bona fide occupant of Plot 47 and set aside the lower court judgment. Following this, the 1st respondent obtained a warrant of vacant possession in EMA No. 117 of 2021. During execution, the applicants' developments on the subdivided plots were destroyed by grading. The applicants, who were not parties to the original proceedings or appeal, sought review of the warrant and execution, claiming they were irregularly evicted from land they legally owned. The 1st respondent filed a separate suit (HCCS No. 1101 of 2023) seeking cancellation of the applicants' titles on grounds of fraud.

Issues

  1. Whether this Application is competent
  2. Whether the Current Application satisfies the grounds for Review
  3. What remedies are available to the Parties

Orders

  • Application dismissed.
  • No order as to costs.

Rules and key headnotes

Review — Competence of Application — Pending Suit on Same Issues
An application for review is incompetent where there is a pending suit before the same court involving identical issues and parties, as a decision in one matter may affect the other.
Review — Locus Standi — Third Parties Claiming Under Party to Decree
Third parties who claim title from a party to a suit are bound by the decree made against that party and may apply for review as aggrieved persons under Section 82 of the Civil Procedure Act where they have suffered a legal grievance.
Execution — Warrant of Vacant Possession — Effect on Third Parties
An order of the court binds all parties to the suit, including all those claiming under them. Where third parties derive their title from a party against whom a warrant of vacant possession is issued, there is no error when the execution affects those third parties.
Appeals — Time Limits — Computation of Limitation Period
Under Section 79(2) of the Civil Procedure Act, in computing the period of limitation for filing an appeal, the time taken by the court in making a copy of the decree or order appealed against and of the proceedings is excluded. A notice of appeal requesting certified proceedings suffices to trigger this exclusion.
Stay of Execution — Requirements — Notice of Appeal
For an application for stay of execution to succeed, the applicant must show that he or she has lodged a notice of appeal. A memorandum of appeal need not have been lodged at the time of applying for stay of execution; a notice of appeal suffices.

Legislation cited (20)

Cases cited (13)

  • Mugubi Steven Banja and Another v Richard Banja and Another (Court of Appeal Civil Appeal No. 84 of 2021)
  • Kalangwa David v Senyama Amon (High Court Miscellaneous Application No. 622 of 2021)
  • Erimiya Serunkuma v Elizabeth Nandyose (1959) EA 127
  • John Imaniraguha Vs Uganda Revenue Authority
  • Mohamed Alibhai v W.E. Bukenya Mukasa and Another (Supreme Court Civil Appeal No. 1996)
  • Ladak Abdulla Mohamed Hussein v Griffiths Isingoma Kakiiza and Others (Supreme Court Civil Appeal No. 8 of 1995)
  • Re Nakivubo Chemists (U) Ltd (1979) HCB 12
  • Yusuf v Nokorach [1971] EA 104
  • FX Mubuuke v UEB (High Court Miscellaneous Application No. 98 of 2005)
  • Konde Mathias Zimula v Byaruhanga Moses and Another (High Court Civil Suit No. 66 of 2007)
  • Edison Kanyabwera v Pastori Tumwebaze (Supreme Court Civil Appeal No. 1 of 2005)
  • Outa Levi v Uganda Transport Corporation [1975] HCB 353
  • Dr. Sheikh Ahmed Mohammed Kisuule v Greenland Bank (In Liquidation) (Supreme Court Civil Application No. 7 of 2010)

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