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Dias v Reinforcing Steel Co. Ltd (Civil Appeal No. 382 of 1952) [1953] EACA 31 (1 January 1953)
The court held that section 31 gave the Supreme Court concurrent jurisdiction with the Coast Rent Control Board, but the tenant’s counterclaim for damages failed.
Nairobi Printing Press v Byramje (Civil Appeal No. 6 of 1952) [1952] EACA 136 (1 January 1952)
The Court held that the appellant could not raise on appeal a point not challenged in the Supreme Court below, specifically the sufficiency of the notice to quit. The Board's finding that the occupiers received the notice was supported by evidence, and the notice was addressed to both the executors and the business, two of whom were partners and in occupation. The Court found no procedural irregularity amounting to a denial of natural justice, as the Board's proceedings were conducted with both parties represented and witnesses examined. The Court further held that the statutory ground for po…
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Schweitzer v Estienne and Another (Civil Appeal No. 92 of 1954) [1950] EACA 35 (1 January 1950)
The Court held that furniture counts toward standard rent for furnished premises, but the appeal still failed because the premises were not controlled and no privity arose.
Patel v Registrar of Titles (Civil Appeal No. 21 of 1949 .) [1949] EACA 10 (1 January 1949)
The Court held that both the Buganda Land (Amendment) Law, 1942, and the Land Transfer Ordinance, 1944, impose mandatory requirements that the consent of the Governor and the Lukiko be obtained not only for the original grant of a lease of Mailo land to a non-native, but also for any subsequent assignment of that leasehold interest to another non-native. The fact that the lease covenant required only the lessor's consent is immaterial, as all contracts are deemed to be made subject to the prevailing law. The Muganda lessor's discretion to consent to an assignment is fettered by statutory and…
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