Salum Omari Meremi [1973] LRT No.80

In the case, in the matter of the Estate of the Late Salum Omari Meremi [1973] LRT No.80, the deceased was a Hehe Moslem. He was an army Officer and married a member of his own tribe but contracting a civil marriage. He was a practicing Muslim. Justice Mfalila held that applying mode of life test (that he was a practicing Muslim) the deceased had intended his estate to be administered according to Islamic Law and not Hehe Customary Law, as the deceased’s manner and way of life was far removed from his tribal customs