Ntundubeire & Ors v Murema & Ors (H.C.C.M.A NO. 59 99)
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Holding
The High Court revised a Chief Magistrate's decision which had set aside a lower court judgment but failed to pronounce on land ownership or order a retrial. The High Court held that after setting aside a judgment entered in error, the Chief Magistrate should have ordered a retrial rather than leaving the matter unresolved. A retrial was ordered with costs to abide the outcome.
Outcome
Matter remitted for retrial before lower court
Facts
The applicants sought revision of a Chief Magistrate's appellate decision under Civil Procedure Act s.84. The Chief Magistrate had allowed an appeal and set aside a Grade II Magistrate's judgment at Kagango, finding it wrongly arrived at. However, the Chief Magistrate's judgment made no pronouncement on the ownership of the disputed land. An alleged extract of the decree attached to the respondent's affidavit, purporting to show that the land was decreed to belong to the appellants, was found to be a forgery as no such statement appeared in the Chief Magistrate's judgment.
Issues
- Whether the Chief Magistrate exercised jurisdiction illegally or with material irregularity by setting aside the Grade II Magistrate's judgment without pronouncing on ownership of the disputed land and without ordering a retrial.
Orders
- Retrial ordered.
- Costs to abide the outcome of the retrial.
Rules and key headnotes
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