IN THE SUPREME COURT OF
THE REPUBLIC OF VANUATU
HELD AT LUGANVILLE/SANTO
(Civil Jurisdiction)
Civil Case No.15 of 1998
FABIANO SAPO
First Plaintiff
AND:
TOM SAPO
Second Plaintiff
AND:
WARTOR RATHAL
Defendant
KOT: Mr Justis Oliver A Saksak
Cynthia Thomas - Klak blong Kot
Mr Varuku Mele - Hemi toktok
behalf long Fabiano Sapo
Tom Sapo hemi no stap long Kot.
Wartor Rathal hemi stap mo hemi
toktok hem wan.
JAJMEN BLONG KOT
Kot i harem klem blong Fabiano
o mo Tom Sapo. Tufala ia i askem Kot blong mekem Oda blong long -
(a) &nnbsp;;&nbssp; bsp; Stopemtopem Wartor Rathal
mo SantoSanto Veneer Kampani blong oli nomo katem wud long graon ia Lowekar.
(b) &nnbsp;; Mspem Wkem Wartthartthar
hemi pem VT1.2801.280,572 we Santo Veneer Kampani ibin pem iko long Wartor from
olgeta wud we oli katem long Lowekaran>
Fabiano hemi no givim
toktok long Kot bat hemi mekem toktok blong hem long pepa olsem afidaafidavit,
hemi promis long
hem long namba 13 August, 1998. Mr Mele hemi readim
afidavit ia long Kot mo hemi mekem referens long Annex "A" we
hemi soemaot
wan mani ikasem VT1.280,572 hemi blong ol wud we Kampani i katem long manis
Septemba kasem Decemba 1996.
Mr Mele imekem referens blong Supenatavui Tano.
Hemia i Exekutif Kastom Kot we i harem kes blong Lowekar graon long det ia
namba 2 June, 1998.
Kot ireadim toktok long olgeta
pepa ia mo hemi luksave trifala decisen blong Supenatavui Tano. Decision
No.2 hemi itok
klia se graon ia Lowekar hemi stret graon blong Family Segel.
Decision No.3 hemi tok klia se Tom Sapo mo olgeta brata blong
hem wetem
Fabiano Sapo igat ful ratet blong tekem mani blong olgeta wud we oli katem
long Lowekar.
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Wartor Rathal hemi toktok hemi
wan fastaem folem wan statemen blong hem we hemi putum long Kot Registry
long namba 19
August 1998. Hemi mekem kopi blong Agrimen we oli bin mekem
wetem Santo Veneer Kampani mo olgeta landona long namba 5 Oktoba
1995. Hemi
putum tu tufala kopi blong survey map we isoemaot graon ia TULYET.
Wartor Rathal hemimaot
long Kot se hemi no akseptem klem blong tufala ia Fabiano mo Tom Sapo we
o olgeta wud we oli
bin katem mo we hem itekem mani from oli bin katem long
graon ia TULYET. Hemi talemaot se taem oli bin stap katem ol wud, Tom
Sapo
mo olgeta brata blong hem oli bin wok wetem olgeta. Long taem ia ino bin gat
wan dispute. Hemi talemaot tu se Agrimen
ifinis long Disemba 1997 mo se
Agrimen ia hemi abaot fasin blong katem wud long graon ia Thalpol. Hemi
talem se insaed
long graon ia Thalpol igat olgeta seporate landowners. Hemi
talem se ona blong Lowekar hemi Tom Sapo mo everiwan long olgeta
isave
boundary blong graon blong olgeta. Hemi talemaot tu se oli neva tokbaot
graon yet long any kot olsem we Fabiano
istap talem. Hemi askem sapos
samfala klak blong kot isave ko wokbaot long olgeta graon blong save gud.
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Witness blonhal hemi Chief
Silas Hinge. Hemi talem long Kot se hemi no tru se Wartor i brekem boum boundary
blong katem
wud long Lowekar. Hem talemaot se olsem wan jif blong vilij,
olgeta ino luk yet wan boundary blong land ia we Fabiano i soemaot
long any
kot. Hemi talem se long Lowekar, ona blong hem i Tom Sapo mo man ia hemi no
stap long Kot long kes ia. Mr Mele
iaskem question long Jif Hinge blong
Kliarem se hemi stap taem oli survey long boundary? Jif Hinge italem se maet
hemi
no bin stap long taem ia.
Namba tu witnes blong Wartor
hemi David Roden. Hemi talemaot se decisen blong Supenatavui hemi about
Thalpol mpol mo Lowekar.
Hemi talem se dispute from boundary long western saed
blong Lowekar hemi no include graon ia we Wartor hemi stap tokbaot. Hemi
mekem referens long Agrimen blong Katem wud we oli saenem from graon ia
Thalpol. Hemi talem se inogat wan kot i disaed
yet long boundary. Hemi
konfem se long taem blong katem wud, Tom Sapo mo olgeta brata blong hem tu
ibin wok. Hemi talem
se hemi no stret blong Fabiano mo Tom iputum klem ibase
long decisen blong kastom kot abaot Thalpol mo Lowekar. Hemi talem
se vilij
kot ino disaed yet boundary blong Lowekar mo hemi talem se hemi gud sapos
oli askem blong vilij kot imekem hemia
fastaem bifo oli save putum any klem.
Hemi askem from wanem Tom Sapo ino save stap long kot blong toktok? Mr Mele
hemi
no bin gat kwesten blong askem long witnes ia.
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Mr Mele i givirt samary
blong kes blong Fabiano Sapo blong talemaot nomo se boundary blong Thalpol lpol
mo Lowekar hemi
wan creek we Wartor i crossem mekem se oli klem. Hemi refer
bakegen long map.
Mr Warton Rathal tu igivim
short summary nomo talem nomo se Fabiano mo Tom istap folem wan
desisensisen we hemi abaot
Thalpol mo Lowekar be ino wetem Tulyet we hemi blong
hem.
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KOT I FAENEM OLGETA SAMTING IA:-
(1) p;&nblem No.3 blong
ng
ng
Fabiano mo Tom Sapo se Wartor i saenem Agrimen wetem Santo Veneer Kampani
blong
katem wud lraon wekar no tru toktok.
Agrimen blong No.6 Oktoba 1995
hemi between Santo Veneer Kampani wetm Sapo, James Nes, Titus Huus Hu,
Timothy Nev, Simon,
Saling Warsal, Koro, Warato, Terry, was, Obed mo Nelson.
Graon hemi Thalpol ino Lowekar. Agrimen ino stret tumas.
(2) &nbssp; Agrimeh ia blmi
ong
ong
tu yia stat long Disemba 1995 kasem Disemba 1997 mo hemi finis. Kot hemi no
save from waneiano m Sap savem klem blong tufala long
yia 1995 or 1996 or 1997. From From wane wanem olim oli putu putum klem
long 1998?
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(3) &nnbsp; Ksp; Kot hemiano sroe f m
m
wanem Tom Sapo we Supenatavui Tano iluksave hem olsem tru ona blong Lowekar
hemi part blong Agrimen blong Thalpol we ino blong hem. From we Tom Sapo ino
stng Koo gat blong long questquesten iaen
ia.
(4) & p; Fsom weom we Tpo hTpo hemi
part blong Agng Agrimen, Kot isave tingting se maet hemi kasem sam royalty (mani)
blong wud. Sapos olsem ia, klemkensetor hrong. Fabiano isut
klem long Tom Tom Sapo.Sapo. Bake Bakegen from Tom Sapo
ino bin stap long kot, Kot ino
save answa blong questen ia.
(5) W rtoren sa
m Agr men fmen from graon ia Tulyet. Ples ia nao hemi blong Wartor mo we oli katem
wud long hem. Boundary
blong ples ia hemi no gat desong ht lon anij kogeta s blong Wong Wartorartor ital italemaotemaot se i se istretstret olsem.
(6) & Dsp; Decisen blong
Supe Supenatavui Tano hemi blong 1998 nomo. Long 1996 folem ol toktok we ikam ino
bin gat
dispute. From ino gat dispute long taem ia Wartor i tekem royalty (mani)
blon. Naota Suavui Tano i no i disaedisaed mo d mo
afta we Agrimen i finis
hemi no stret blong askem Wartol i givim bak ol mani ia. I mas gat niufala
Agrimen bakegen.
(7) p; Santo Veneer Kampani
i hemi hemi sut be part insaed long kes ia olsem wan Defendant but Plaintiff hemi
no
joenem hem.
From olgeta rison ia antap, Kot
i disaed olsem -
(1) &nbssp;&nnbsp; blem blong Fong Fabiano
Sapo mo Tom Sapo kapo kot i sakemaot.
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(2) &nbssp; Ksp; Kot i givim daerekse
se vilij kot imas sidaon blong disaed long boundary blong Tulyet wetem
Lowekar quick taem.
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Date long Luganville long dei
ia ................. August, 1998./p>
BY THE COURT
OLIVER A K
Judge of the Supreme Court
