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Mbabazi v Matco Stores & Anor (Miscellaneous Application No. 1512 of 2015)

High Court · [2016] UGHCEBD 17 · 2016 Application Granted AI-generated summary ↓ Download Pin to watchlist Add to matter
Jurisdiction
Uganda
Case Type
Application for release of land from attachment arising from execution proceedings
Decision
Land released from attachment; encumbrance removed from title

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Holding

Where a judgment debtor satisfies a decree through sale of other attached properties, and no further execution action is taken for fifteen years, the court will order removal of an encumbrance on land that remained under attachment but was never sold. Under Order 22 rule 52 CPR, attachment is deemed withdrawn once the decree is satisfied.

Outcome

Land released from attachment; encumbrance removed from title

Facts

The applicant's land (LRV 1377 Folio 14, Plot 13, Masheruka, Sheema District) was attached in execution of a decree in Civil Suit 933 of 1993. The decree was subsequently satisfied through the sale of other properties belonging to the applicant. Despite satisfaction of the decree, the encumbrance remained registered on the title of the land in question, which was never sold. No further execution action was taken since 2000. The applicant, being the registered owner and holder of the Certificate of Title, applied for release of the land from attachment after fifteen years. The respondents were served by substituted service but did not appear at the hearing.

Issues

  1. Whether the land comprised in LRV 1377 Folio 14, Plot 13, Masheruka, Sheema District should be released from attachment given that the decree has been satisfied.

Orders

  • Application allowed.
  • Encumbrance registered by the Bailiff on the title in Civil Suit 933/93 removed.
  • Applicant to meet his own costs of the application.

Rules and key headnotes

Civil Procedure — Execution — Release from Attachment — Satisfied Decree
Under Order 22 rule 52(a) of the Civil Procedure Rules, where the amount decreed with costs and all charges resulting from attachment are paid or satisfaction of the decree is otherwise made, the attachment is deemed to be withdrawn and any encumbrance on immovable property must be removed.
Civil Procedure — Execution — Time Limits — Delay in Execution
Where execution has not been carried out within twelve years as required under section 28 of the Civil Procedure Act, and a decree has been satisfied through sale of other attached properties, the court will order release of property that remained under attachment but was never sold.

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Mbabazi v Matco Stores & Anor (Miscellaneous Application No. 1512 of 2015) [2016] UGHCEBD 17 (25 May 2016)
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