Incafex Ltd v James Kabatereine (Civil Misc Application No. 16 of 1997) [1997] UGCA 8 (18 November 1997)

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M KATO }{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 - }{\b\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 J. A., J. P. BERKO }{ \insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 - }{\b\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 J. A.) }{\b\insrsid13724385 \par }{\b\ul\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 CIVIL MISC. APPLICATION NO. 16 OF 1997}{\b\ul\insrsid13724385 \par }{\b\i\ul\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 }{\b\i\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 \line }{\b\i\insrsid13724385\charrsid13724385 }{\b\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 BE TWEEN}{\i\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 \line }{ \b\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 INCAFEX}{\b\insrsid16341345 }{\b\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 LTD: }{\i\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 ::::: ::::: :::::}{\insrsid13724385 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::}{\i\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 }{ \b\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 APPLICANT \line }{\b\insrsid13724385 }{\b\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 VERSUS \line JAMES KABATEREINE: }{\i\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 ::::: ::::: :::::}{\insrsid13724385 :::::::::::::::}{\i\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 }{\b\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 RESPONDENT \line }{\i\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 (From the Order of Hon. Lady}{\i\insrsid13724385 Justice A. E. Mpagi-Bahigeine }{ \i\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 da}{\i\insrsid13724385 t}{\i\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 ed 14th March 1997}{\i\insrsid13724385 ) \par }{\i\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 \line }{\i\insrsid13724385 }{\b\ul\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 RULING OF THE COURT }{\b\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 \line }{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 This is an appl ication for an order to strike out the respondent\rquote s appeal (Civil Appeal No. 8 of 1997) which was filed in this Court in March of this year. The respondent, Dr. James Kabatereine, sued the applicant company and one Oundo Charles in the High Court for damages of trespass, detinue and }{\insrsid13724385 conv}{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 ersion of his tractor. He also sought punitive damages against Oundo. \line The tractor had been attached and sold by Charles Oundo a Court Broker to the applicant pursuant to a High Court execution order arising from an election petition in which the respondent was the unsuccessful party. The respondent\rquote s suit was in connection with that execution. The respondent\rquote s case was that the execution had been conducted illegally by Charles Oundo. The applicant did not defend the suit. Judgment was entered exparte against them. \line Mpagi-Bahigeine, J. (as she then was) who heard the suit held that the execution had not been conducted according to the law and that therefore the respondent was entitled to an order of restoration of the tractor. She also held that the }{ \insrsid13724385\charrsid13724385 wrongful}{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 execution amounted to trespass. She accordingly awarded the responden}{\insrsid13724385 t shs. 10,000,000/= general dama}{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 ges for trespass, detinue and conversion against the two defendants jointly and severally. The first defendant (Charles Oundo) was in addition ordered to pay to the respondent punitive damages of Shs.2}{\insrsid13724385\charrsid13724385 , 000,000}{ \insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 / for under-selling the tractor when the parties had already agreed a settlement. Charles Oundo was ordered to suffer the respondent\rquote s costs of the suit. The judgment was delivered on 26-7-96. \line On 13-3-97, Counsel for Charles Oundo and Counsel for the respondent appeared before the trial Jud}{\insrsid13724385 ge and argued Oundo\rquote s application}{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 for stay of execution pending appeal to this cour}{ \insrsid13724385 t. The}{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 application succeeded. The court then rose. \par It reconvened shortly afterwards. This time a Mr. Agaba appeared for the applicant. Counsel for the respondent was absent. His explanation now is that he was not aware that there would be a further consideration of the case later that day.}{ \insrsid13724385 \par }{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 Mr. Agaba was asked by the court whether he was on record. He replied thus:}{\insrsid13724385 \par \'93I }{\i\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 have just filed in some papers for review of your judgment. I \line am now applying for an interim administrative order for stay \line of execution against 2}{\i\super\insrsid16341345\charrsid16341345 nd}{ \i\insrsid16341345 }{\i\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 applicant until application is heard}{\i\insrsid13724385 \'94 \par }{\i\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 }{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 We do not see how a Court can issue an administrative order in judicial proceedings. All the same on 14-3-97, the learned Judge issued the interim order for stay of execution pending review of her judgment. The res}{\insrsid13724385 pondent brought his appeal on 1}{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 8-3-97, challenging that order of stay of execution. The competency of the appeal is now challenged on the grounds: \line (a) that no appeal lies against an interim order and (b) that if an appeal }{\insrsid16341345 lies}{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 then it lies not}{\insrsid13724385 }{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 as of right but with leave of this Court which leave the applicant has neither sought nor obtained. \par }{\insrsid16341345 }{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 In reply, Mr. Kakuru, Counsel for the respondent, contended that the so called i nterim order is not an order as it was made in a vacuum in that when it was made there was no application for review of judgment pending in the High Court, which fact was conceded by Counsel for the applicant. Clearly that does not answer the vital questi on whether the appeal is competent or not; it merely goes to the merits of the appeal which is not in issue at this stage. The fact that an appeal is likely to succeed does not in our view entitle a party to appeal as of right. \line There is right of appeal fr om all orders and decrees passed by the High Court to this Court (s.68) CPA except decrees passed by the High Court with the consent of the parties. Appeals in such decrees are expressly prohibited by s.69 (2) of CPA. Whether appeal lies}{ \insrsid15097736 as of right or with leave depen}{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 ds upon whether the order or decree was interim or final.}{\insrsid16341345 \par }{\insrsid15097736 }{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 Orders that are appealable as of right are spelt out in Order 40(1) (1) of the CPR. These do not include an order staying execution of a decree. Under Order 40(1) (2) an appeal may not lie from orders not covered under Order 40(1) (I) except with leave of the trial Court or the Court to which the appeal would lie if leave were granted. Under Order 40(1) (3) the application for leave to appeal shall in the first instance be ma}{ \insrsid15097736 de to the trial Court and it has to}{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 be made by motion on Notice. This is the procedure the respondent had to follow before bringing his appeal since the order appealed from is not appealable as of right. He did not. }{\b\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 }{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385

\par }{\insrsid15097736 It }{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 follows that his appeal is incompetent. This application to strike it \line out has merit. It is allowed. The respondent\rquote s appeal is struck out as incompetent. The respondent shall bear the applicant\rquote s costs of the application}{\insrsid7559080 . \par }{\insrsid7559080\charrsid7559080 }{\i\insrsid8786596\charrsid7559080 DATED}{\b\i\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 }{\insrsid7559080 at Kampala}{\insrsid16341345 This 19}{\super\insrsid16341345\charrsid7559080 th}{\insrsid16341345 Day}{ \insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 of:}{\insrsid7559080 November}{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 1997}{\b\insrsid8786596\charrsid7559080 \line }{\b\ul\insrsid8786596\charrsid7559080 S. T. MANYINDO }{\b\ul\insrsid16341345 \par }{\b\insrsid8786596\charrsid7559080 DEPUTY CHIEF JUSTICE}{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 }{\insrsid7559080 \par }{\b\ul\insrsid8786596\charrsid7559080 C. }{\b\ul\insrsid7559080\charrsid7559080 M KATO}{\b\ul\insrsid8786596\charrsid7559080 }{\b\insrsid8786596\charrsid7559080 \line JUSTICE OF APPEAL }{\b\insrsid7559080\charrsid7559080 \par }{\b\ul\insrsid7559080\charrsid7559080 J. P. BERKO}{\b\ul\insrsid8786596\charrsid7559080 \line }{\b\insrsid8786596\charrsid7559080 JUSTICE OF APPEAL \line }{\insrsid8786596\charrsid13724385 \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\sl360\slmult1\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13724385 \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp2057\langfenp1033 {\lang1033\langfe1033\langnp1033\insrsid10825639\charrsid13724385 \par }}