REPUBLIC OF KENYA
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
AT NAIROBI
(CORAM: BOSIRE, J.A.(IN CHAMBERS)
CIVIL APPLICATION NO. NAI 131 OF 1999
BETWEEN
1. NGUGI KIMUHU
2. NYANJUI KIMUHU
3. NDEGE KIMUHU .......................APPLICANTS
AND
1. WAGUTU MWANIKI
2. MIRIAM NYAKAIRO ..............RESPONDENTS
3.MWANIKI MBUCHA MWANIKI
Application for extension oftime to file a notice of
appeal and a record of appeal out of time from the
judgment of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi
(Justice B. Tanui) dated 25th April 1996
in
H.C.C.C. No.6000 of 1985(O.S)
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RULING
The three applicants brought action by Originating Summons seeking declaratory orders that they had become entitled to an interest in a parcel of land known as Ndarugu/Gakoe/205 by adverse possession and a further order that they be registered as owners thereof in place of the respondents as administrators of the estate of Wainaina Karanja alias Mwangi Wambucha, deceased, who was the registered owner of the land in question. The suit was dismissed by…