Adeniran Ayodele Ojo Vs Modupe Olufunmilayo Ojo (1969) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, J.S.C. In Suit No. HD/41/66 filed in the High Court of Lagos, the petitioner (now appellant) filed a petition against the respondent praying for the dissolution of their marriage on the grounds of adultery, desertion and cruelty. He also prayed that he…

United Nigeria Press Ltd. And Anor Vs Timothy Olu Adebanjo (1969) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAI-WILLIAMS, J.S.C. In this application made ex-party, the applicant who is the respondent in this appeal is applying for an order that all the papers pertaining to an earlier application for the release to him of the judgment debt already…

Dr. O. O. Hunponu Wusu V. Abimbola Hunponu Wusu (1969) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report Per Ademola, C.J.N. The husband petitioner who is the appellant in this matter is a medical practitioner. He complained that his petition before the learned Chief Justice of the High Court of Lagos State seeking a declaration that the marriage between him…

Kasunmu Ajeja Vs Ezekiel Adedapo Ajayi & Anor (1969) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.N. This is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court, Ibadan dismissing the plaintiff’s claim for a declaration of title under native law and custom to a piece of land in Ajeja compound, Oje, Ibadan, and an injunction restraining…

Kasunmu Ajeja (On Behalf Of Ajeja Family) V. Ezekiel Adedapo Ajayi & Anor (1969) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.N. This is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court, Ibadan dismissing the plaintiff’s claim for a declaration of title under native law and custom to a piece of land in Ajeja compound, Oje,…

Federal Board Of Inland Revenue Vs The Nigerian General Insurance Co. Ltd (1969) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER, J.S.C. The Federal Board of Inland Revenue are the appellants before us and the plaintiffs in the High Courts, Lagos, in this matter and in the present respondents were the defendants in the court below. In the…

In The Matter Of Companies Act In Re: Chief Saliu Bolaji Bakare V. In The Matter Of Bakado Line Ltd. (1969) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.N. This appeal arose from a ruling of Caxton-Martins J. in the High Court of Lagos during an argument arising out of a petition for winding up the Bakado…

Bank Of The North Ltd Vs Intra Bank S.A (1969) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report This is an appeal against the ruling of Holden J. in an application before him in the High Court of the Kano Judicial Division setting aside a final judgment entered by him on 24th January, 1967, in an action brought by…

H. A. Elebute Vs Alhaji A. W. Odekilekun (1969) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER J.S.C. This appeal is from the judgment of Somolu, J. (as he then was) in Suit No. IK/65/63 decided at the High Court, Ikeja, on the 5th of July, 1965. In the High Court, the appellant then plaintiff had sued the…

A. O. Oyekoya V. G.b. Ollivant (Nigeria) Ltd (1969) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report LEWIS, J.S.C. In Suit J/45/63 the plaintiff endorsed his writ of summons to the following effect – “The plaintiff’s claim against the defendants is for the sum of £3127.1 s.7d (three thousand one hundred and twenty-seven pounds one shilling and seven pence)…