Mutegana David and Another v Ibrahim Zirinkomyawo
Mutegana David and Another v Ibrahim Zirinkomyawo (Miscellaneous Application No. 450 of 2025) [2025] UGHCLD 111 (27 June 2025)
The court found that the applicants' alleged interest in the suit land was too remote to warrant their joinder as defendants. The evidence showed that the suit land had been sold by the late Nambooze Mirieri to Kaloli Matovu, and the applicants were neither registered proprietors nor direct beneficiaries of the estate. The defendant in the main suit had already set up a defense addressing the alleged fraud, and the applicants' concerns could be addressed as witnesses rather than parties. The court also held that the affidavit in support was valid as the deponent had personal knowledge of the…
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- Joinder Of Parties
- Estate Property Disputes
- Burial Ground Rights
- Remoteness Of Interest