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Auron Odipo t/a Baraka Bookshop v Boitallin Supply & Trading Company Limited & another [2016] KEHC 3887 (KLR)

[2016] KEHC 3887 (KLR) High Court of Kenya
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Court
High Court of Kenya
Case number
3887
Citation
[2016] KEHC 3887 (KLR)
Decided
18 July 2016
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TypeCivil AppealPostureAppeal from a Resident Magistrate's Court judgmentCoramJ. KAMAU
Holding

The appeal is allowed, and the trial court's judgment is set aside.

Facts

The plaintiff, Auron Odipo, owed the defendants, Boitallin Supply & Trading Company Limited and Philemon Mweu, Kshs 35,814. The plaintiff argued that he was a distributor and not an arrears payer.

Issues

  1. whether the trial court erred in law and fact by failing to consider the parties' pleadings
  2. whether the trial court could grant the orders it did based on the pleadings

Reasoning

The court found that the trial court erred in law and fact by failing to consider the parties' pleadings and by granting orders that were not supported by the pleadings.

Outcome

Appeal allowed

Orders

  • The trial court's judgment is set aside
  • No order as to costs

Remedies

  • Set aside the trial court's judgment

Authorities cited

Cases cited (2)
  • Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission & Another vs Stephen Mutinda Mule & 3 Others [2014] eKLR
  • Libyan Arab Uganda Bank for Foreign Trade and Development & Another vs Adam Vassiliadis [1986] UG CA 6
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