SCA 252/2019
This case involved a claim that the father of some heirs had been a partners in a business. The defendant took the oath to prove he had received a loan from their father and they had not been partners.
Background
The heirs of a deceased man filed a case against a defendant before the court. They said that their father had paid the defendant an mount of money in order to invest it in a supermarket. They requested the court to validate this partnership.
The defendant claimed that the heirs' father had not been a partner in the business.
Decision
The court said that the case documents revealed that the heirs had failed to prove their claims. The court said that the heirs then requested the defendant to take the oath to deny their claims. The defendant took the oath that the heirs' father has not been his partner in the supermarket and that he had received the amount from him as a personal loan.
The court dismissed the case.
The court of appeal upheld the ruling based on the same grounds.