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Land And Property [2018] UGHCLD 27

Mujib Juma v Adam Musa & Ors

Mujib Juma v Adam Musa & Ors (Civil Appeal No. 0053 of 2015) [2018] UGHCLD 27 (4 April 2018)

Court
HC: Land Division (Uganda)
Case number
Civil Appeal No. 0053 of 2015
Judge
Kawesa, J

The High Court held that a Grade I Magistrate lacked jurisdiction over a trespass suit involving land value above the statutory limit. The appeal was dismissed and the cross appeal allowed.

  • Magistrates Courts Jurisdiction
  • Pecuniary Limits
  • Trespass To Land
  • Customary Law Vs Statutory Law
  • Magistrates-courts-jurisdiction
  • Pecuniary-limits
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Family And Children [1927] EACA 48

Ganyuma v Mohamed (C.A. 27/1927.)

Ganyuma v Mohamed (C.A. 27/1927.) [1927] EACA 48 (1 January 1927)

Court
East African Court of Appeal
Case number
C.A. 27/1927.
Judge
Griffin C.J. (Uganda),, Guthrie-Smith, J. (Uganda), Russell CJ

The Court of Appeal held that a Wa-Digo deceased who was a Mohammedan was governed by the Mahommedan Divorce and Succession Ordinance, so the estate descended patrilineally.

  • Succession Of Muslims
  • Customary Law Vs Statutory Law
  • Patrilineal Inheritance
  • Matrilineal Inheritance
  • Muslim-inheritance
  • Customary-law
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