Aminu Amindele Ajayi Ojora & 2 Ors V. Lasisi Ajibola Odunsi (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report  TAYLOR, J.S.C. The appellants were the defendants in the action Suit No. LD/20/56 brought by the present respondent for himself and on behalf of the Ojora Chieftaincy Family in the High Court of Lagos in which he made the…

John Apoesho & Anor V. Chief Awodiya (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report PER ADEMOLA JSC  This is an appeal from the judgement of the High Court, Western Region, in which judgement was entered in favour of the plaintiff in a claim for declaration of title to land and injunction. The plaintiff in the case is…

Michael Obiefuna V. Alexander Okoye (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR JSC The appellant, who was plaintiff in the action Instituted in the High Court of Lagos, claimed the sum of £2,000 being general damages for personal injuries suffered as a result of an accident alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the…

Nimota Oluwo & Ors V. R.o. Adebowale (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report MBANEFO JSC  The plaintiffs in the Court below, as the executors of the estate of one C. J. Oluwo (deceased) sued the defendant in the High Court of Lagos for:- (1) An order setting aside a deed of Assignment of Lease dated the…

Arua Eme V. The State (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ONYEAMA, J.S.C.  The applications for leave to appeal by the three appellants from the judgment of Nkemena, Ag. Judge dated the 12th of June, 1964, in the High Court at Port Harcourt, on question of fact were refused on the 24th of September, 1964, as…

Idowu Alase & Ors V. Sanya Olori Ilu & Ors (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ONYEAMA, J.S.C The appellants were the plaintiffs and the respondents the defen-dants in the court below. The claim was for a declaration of title to the farmland known as Iganke and situated in Imota, Epe District; there was a further…

Habib Disu & Ors V. C. W Daniel-kalio (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. In this appeal the defendants complain of the decision in the Lagos High Court Suit No. 147 of 1961 awarding the plaintiff damages for breach of contract. In 1954 the plaintiff bought a piece of land from one Sadiku Adeniji,…

Francis Ibezi Enekebe V. Christina Enekebe (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN JSC  In this appeal the husband, who is the petitioner in Suit K/46/61 of the High Court of Northern Nigeria (Kana Division), complains that his petition was wrongly dismissed. He and his wife married in May, 1938. They lived in Kano, but they…

Adebowale Alonge V The Attorney General, Western Nigeria (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT JSC The appellant was convicted of the murder of a woman named Jose Akintade, who was the wife of Akintade Omoye. It would appear that the appellant was in love with Jose and that Jose’s husband had discovered that the two…

Lawani Adogan V. Afuwape Aina (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT JSC  This is an appeal against the decision of Madarikan, J., in the High Court of Western Nigeria, in which he struck out an appeal brought by the defendant from the judgment of the Ikeja Grade B Customary Court given on appeal from the…