Uganda Case Law

Karimjee Jivanjee and Co. v McDiarmid (C.A. 9/1936.)

Karimjee Jivanjee and Co. v McDiarmid (C.A. 9/1936.) [1936] EACA 94 (1 January 1936)

Court

East African Court of Appeal

Case number

C.A. 9/1936.

Judge

Dalton, C.J(Tanganyika), Hearne, J (Tanganyika), Sheridan CJ

The Court of Appeal held that Tanganyika law allowed a landlord to distrain through an agent, that no certified bailiff rule applied, and that the claim was not time-barred.

• Distress For Rent
• Conversion Of Chattels
• Limitation Periods
• Application Of English Law
• Agency In Landlord Tenant
• Mistake Of Law