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\par Mr. B.C. Patel for the Plaintiff
\par Mr. C. Gordon & Tappoo for the Defendant 
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 an application}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9654350  under section 169 of the Land Transfer Act 1971 whereby the plaintiff seeks possession of certain }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3412294 premis
es which it has let to the defendant. The plaintiff}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13262088 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3412294 
s manager at Lautoka swore an affidavit in which he deposed that the defendant was one of the occupants of a block of buildings known as the Saru building which is one of a number of buildings erected on the property }{
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of the plaintiff at Veitari Lautoka containing 4 acres 2 roods 34.6 perches. I may say that none of this appears in the body of the affidavit but has been gleaned from the title produced by the plaintiff and from a plan exhibited to the affida
vit. The deponent did not tell the Court whether the tenant held any sort of a tenancy agreement, although I suspect from what defendant}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13262088 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9179894 
s solicitor said that there is a writing of some kind, and doubtless that }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11102949 writing will be found to set out the terms an
d conditions of tenancy, and maybe the purposes of the tenancy. Be that as it may, no such agreement has been produced. It appears from the plan exhibited to the deponent}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13262088 '}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11102949 s affidavits that there are five shops on the ground }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid15619788 floor }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11102949 
of the building with, I presume, five sets of accommodation on the first floor, and the defendant occupies one shop with living accommodation immediately above. His affidavit states that }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid806856 the }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11102949 living accommodation contain}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7278649 s}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11102949  3 rooms with kitchen, lavatory and 
shower, although he admits that he and his family do not live there but that the living accommodation above the shop is occupied by his son and other employees. The plaintiff}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13262088 '}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11102949 s manager says that the defendant is a monthly tenant but he has not told the Court the facts }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7564930 
upon which that conclusion is based, for the defendant says he is yearly tenant. Plaintiff also says that he }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7278649 believes }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid1835032 
that the shop and living accommodation was let to the}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7564930  defendant for commercial purposes and he further says they are used pre
dominantly for commercial purposes, but the last mentioned matter is a conclusion which it is for the Court to reach after reviewing the evidence. This is not the first time that this court has pointed out that solicitors in preparing affidavits }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4150309 should state the facts from which conclusions are to be drawn, and leave the court to draw }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid11871507 
the conclusions. In this case, for example it is for the Court to decide whether the tenant }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9592170 is yearly or monthly from the evidence produced, and it is also for the Court to de
cide from the evidence adduced, since the premises appear to have been let in one lease both for human habitation and for business purposes, which is the predominant character of the premises. That }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12196914 will depend on the nature of the premises, the object of the letting, the rent and other factors. The affidavit does not disclose how }{
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\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12196914  tenant has been in these premises, although a subsequent affidavit indicates that some of the other tenants had been their shops for fifteen years. The plan exhibited to 
the deponents affidavits shows a building marked }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13262088 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12196914 Old Morris Hedstrom store}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13262088 '}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid12196914  and it was also mentioned to me that these shops are not far from the sugar mill}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10057078 
, and I was invited to take judicial notice of this fact. It is a matter which can be covered by ev}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13262088 idence.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9654350 
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\par The question then is, what is to b
e done. Mr. Patel asks me to adjourn the application into Court if the matter has to be decided by oral evidence. It has been my custom to dismiss these applications if an order for possession cannot be made, because the whole case is apt to become confus
ed. However, section 172 of the Land Transfer Act provides that if the person summoned proves to the satisfaction of the judge in chambers a right to possession of the land, the judge shall dismiss the application with costs, and it goes }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16610738 on }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13262088 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16610738 or he may make any order, or impose any terms he may think fit.}{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13262088 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16610738  Some judge}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid4077887 s}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16610738 
 do adjourn these applications into Court if they are not satisfied about proof of the applicant}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid13262088 '}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16610738 
s claim. Here the defendant has not proved to my satisfaction }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9191050 a right to possession, but he may have such a right to possession, }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9191050\charrsid935210 but h}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid9191050 e may have such a right and may be able to prove it after the hearing of oral evidence. In these }{
\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid7406883 circumstances I think that the proper thing to do is to adjourn this summons into Court for the hearing of oral evidence. }{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16073343 A
t that hearing there will be no pleadings and no regard will be paid to affidavit evidence, except in so far as it leads to an estimate of the reliability of the evidence of a witness. The costs of the application in chambers will abide the result of the 
hearing in Court.}{\fs24\cf0\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid10057078 
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