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Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…Mwotia built 5 houses and planted 1,300 coffee trees and 6,000 cash crop plants on the half he occupied for those 15 years and compensation for those should be his if he had to quit that half and the amount should be based…
…At once the question arises as to whether judgment in default was to be for the order or the compensation?…
Division and case type: CivilCivil Appeal
…All that judges and courts can do is to award sums which must be regarded as giving reasonable compensation. In the process there must be the endeavour to secure some uniformity in the general method of approach.…
…She is only entitled to what is in the circumstances, a fair compensation, fair both to her and to the defendants. The defendants are not wrongdoers. They are simply the people who foot the bill.…