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SIMIYU
V.
WATAMBAMALA

(1985) JELR 96818 (CA)

Court of Appeal 31 Jan 1985 Kenya
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Suit Number:Civil Appeal 34 of 1984
Judges:James Onyiego Nyarangi, Harold Grant Platt, Alan Robin Winston Hancox
Location:Nairobi
Other Citations:Simiyu v. Watambamala[1985] eKLR

JUDGMENT

Old Jumba Watambamala the registered owner of a parcel of land known as No East Bukusu/North Kanduyi/76 measuring 31 acres and the father of Maurice, Francis and Fred, respectively the first, second and third respondents died intestate in September, 1970. A year later before the land was transferred to the respondents, the appellants entered into an agreement with the first, second and fourth respondents for the sale of the land whereby the first appellant Cleophas would purchase 16 acres for Kshs 5,440 and the second appellant Biketi was to buy the rest for Kshs 5,250. The appellants paid the agreed purchase prices to the three respondents and after the conclusion of sale agreement, each appellant was given possession of his portion. The 4th respondent is one of the two widows of Jumba Watambamala. On her own admission, she recoiled from the sale agreement because the 1st and 2nd respondents did not use the total of the proceeds of the sale to acquire some other land as was o…

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