Uduma Lebbe vs Sego Mohammado – clr volume 2 page 158_2

In the case between the purchaser at a fiscal sale (Plaintiff) and the lessee under an unregistered lease from Kadija Umma (Defendant), the court addressed whether an unregistered lease could defeat a registered fiscal conveyance of title and interest under the Registration Ordinance. It was held that the registered conveyance takes priority and the unregistered lease cannot survive against the purchaser’s registered rights, reaffirming the principle that registration of instruments determines the priority of interests in property. This decision relied on the provisions of the Registration Ordinance and supporting precedents, emphasizing that registration not only perfects but protects property title against any prior unregistered interests, and that an unregistered lease does not constitu