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Belosat v Basilio [2013] VUICB 4; Civil Case 01 of 2013 (24 May 2013)

IN THE MALEKULA ISLAND COURT
HELD AT ORAP CENTER/ MALEKULA

Civil Case No. 1 of 2013
(Civil Jurisdiction)

BETWEEN:

JEAN BOSCO BELOSAT
Original Claimant

AND:

JOSEPH BASILIO
1st Counter Claimant

AND:

URPANO MELTELILI
2nd Counter Claimant

AND:

ROBERT AMET
3rd Counter Claimant

MATTER: DISPUTE OVER LONG JIFLY TAETOL BLONG BIK NAKAMAL MULEI.

Jastices: Jastis Shema Tasvallie
Jastis Douglas Vandel
Jastis Endie Shem

Clerk: Joel Jacob

JUDGMENT

Brief backgraon blong case:

Civil Case # 1/2013 hemi wan customary matter concernem dispute long Jifly taetol blong Bik nakamal Mulei long Vao aelan. Keis hemi kam bifo long kot long 8/04/2013 mo tudei 27/08/2013 keis hemi ko long trial blong faenemaot issue we istap.

Issue:

Who nao long olketa parties ia hemi raet man blong tekem taetel ia olsem stret jif blong Bik Nakamal Mulei?

Smol Histri blong case:

Original Claimant – OC hemi talemaot long kot ia se hem nomo hemi rulum every nakamal insaet long Labarang, nasara blong Betehul village. Taem kot mo ol paties oli kwistinim hem, hemi talemaot se; yes Mulei nao hemi bik nakamal insaet long nasara from ston blong hem istap long foret mo Molei hemi wan saet ston blong hem we tufala istap insaet long Labarang. Hemi talemaot se ikat 8 nakamal everyone we istap insaet long Betehul be oli nomo luk save hem olsem bik jif. Logh-Vali hemi no wan nakamal, hemi nem blong wan man we hemi ansestas blong hem. Long kastom blad laen fes bon nao hemi kamaot long hem we family tri blong hem isoemaot klia. Hemi koet blong talem se, Namangi hemi kill insaet long nasara mo sekomcisen & miting blong every smolsmol jifs istap apen insaet long nakamal blong hem. Meltegani nao hemi head blong Nakamal ia (Bik Nakamal Mulei).

Fes witnis hemi Jeannot Malcekan we hemi kam long kot ia blong witnisim family tri blong hem mo high rang ia we olfala blong hem itekem.

Taem kwistin hemi reis, ikam blong talemaot se 1 man nomo hemi brid iko long 4 nakamal ia mo insaet long olketa, ikat ol smolsmol nakamal pakeken (1 blad nomo insaet long ol nakamal ia).

Counter Claimant 1: Hemi kam blong jalensem OC from nem ia hemi no blong OC, nem ia hemi blong hem we hemi Smol Nakamal Molei. Bik nakamal hemi Logh-Vali we olfala Amet nao hemi stap head long hem mo tudei, Amet irikonaesem hem olsem smol nakamal blong hem.