Katarikawe & Ors v Turyamureeba
Katarikawe & Ors v Turyamureeba (Miscellaneous Application No. 0169 of 2013) [2014] UGHCCD 108 (28 August 2014)
The application for account was struck out because it did not arise from a pending suit based on a plaint, as required by Order 20 rule 1 of the Civil Procedure Rules. The court found that an application for account presupposes the existence of a plaint in which the plaintiff seeks an account, and in the absence of such a suit, the application is incompetent. Additionally, the application was found to be barred by limitation under Section 3(1) of the Limitation Act, as the cause of action arose in 2004 and the application was filed in 2013, outside the six-year limitation period. The court up…
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- Preliminary Objection
- Limitation Periods
- Application For Account
- Jurisdiction
- Striking Out Application