Mulyanti & Anor Vs Bateringaya & 4 Ors
Mulyanti & Anor Vs Bateringaya & 4 Ors (Civil Appeal No. 0016 of 2010) [2019] UGCA 167 (2 July 2019)
The Court of Appeal found that the appellants failed to prove that they or their predecessor were lawful or bonafide occupants of the suit land. The evidence established that the suit land was sold by the appellants' predecessor's father to a third party, who then sold it to the respondents' predecessor. The subsequent occupation of the land by Moses Mulyanti was by permission of the registered owner as a caretaker, amounting to a licence, not a legal interest. Under Section 29(4) of the Land Act, a licensee cannot be considered a lawful or bonafide occupant, nor can such status be inherited…
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- Lawful Occupancy
- Bonafide Occupancy
- Licence And Caretaker Status
- Eviction And Vacant Possession
- Compensation For Developments
- Succession And Estates