Mwesigwa v Balinda and 2 Others (HCT-01-CV-LD-CS 1 of 2017) [2024] UGHC 265 (29 April 2024)
Court
High Court of Uganda
Case number
HCT-01-CV-LD-CS 1 of 2017
Judge
Mugabo, J
The High Court held that the plaintiff is the registered owner of the land, but the defendants retain equitable rights to one room each in the main house.
Kiyemba v Kizito and Another (Civil Appeal No. 89 of 2017) [2022] UGHCLD 7 (31 January 2022)
Court
HC: Land Division (Uganda)
Case number
Civil Appeal No. 89 of 2017
Judge
Nkonge, J
The High Court dismissed Kiyemba Nicholas’s land appeal, upholding findings that Lukaayi Perezi owned the kibanja and lawfully sold it to Florence Kizito.
Engineer Ephraim Turinawe & Anor V Molly Kyalikunda Turinawe & 4 Ors (Civil Appeal No. 18 of 2009) [2009] UGCA 49 (19 November 2009)
Court
Court of Appeal of Uganda
Case number
Civil Appeal No. 18 of 2009
The Court of Appeal found that the affidavit relied upon to prove customary marriage was inadmissible under section 84 of the Evidence Act and section 67 of the Advocates Act. However, oral evidence established that the first appellant and first respondent were married under Kikiga custom. The Court held that the suit property, although registered in the first appellant's name, was paid for by Elizabeth Kabutiti, who acquired an equitable interest. The property did not become family property merely by registration in the appellant's name. The respondents were strangers to the contract between…