Byomuhangi v Twesiime
Byomuhangi v Twesiime (Civil Appeal 5 of 2022) [2023] UGHCCD 183 (28 April 2023)
The court found that both the appellant and respondent derived their claims from purchase agreements executed by their respective late fathers, dated a year apart and referring to the same land. Applying the equitable maxim that where there are two equal equities, the first in time prevails, the court held that the respondent's late father, having purchased the land in 1981, had a superior equitable title over the appellant's late father, who purchased in 1982. The court also noted inconsistencies in the appellant's evidence regarding possession and inheritance, and found the respondent's cla…
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- Ownership Disputes
- Equitable Title
- Purchase Agreements
- Inheritance Rights