The appeal, The Kabaka's Government v. N. S. W. Kitonto, heard recently by the Court of Appeal for Eastern Africa, is of considerable interest not merely in respect of the basic issue in dispute as to whether the High Court or the Principal Court of Buganda had exclusive jurisdiction to try the original case but also in respect of the far-reaching observations made in the appeal judgment as to the place of customary law in relation to the common law. In this case the respondent had sued the Kabaka's Government in the High Court of Buganda, alleging that a Mr. Sebowa “acting in his capacity and the scope of his authority as a servant of the Government” had negligently and unskilfully removed from the respondent's mouth two sound wisdom teeth instead of two decayed teeth. The Kabaka's Government pleaded that the transfer of the case to the Principal Court of Buganda was obligatory under section 7 of the Buganda Courts Ordinance, since the Principal Court had jurisdiction to try the case. Slade, J., refused to order transfer and the case was tried in the High Court and decided in favour of the respondent. On appeal, it was held that the decision to refuse transfer was erroneous, the judgment being, accordingly, set aside on the ground of lack of jurisdiction.