Anglo-canadian Cement Ltd V O. Alokolaro & Co (1967) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, Ag. C.J.N. In this case the trial judge made an order of non-suit in the plaintiffs’ claim for damages for negligence on the ground that the plaintiffs had failed to prove that lorry No. LD 4877, which had been involved in…

Oyinlola Olufunke Obayemi V Samuel Adebayo Obayemi (1967) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report LEWIS, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the decision of Beckley J. in the Akure High Court on the 14th of December, 1965, granting the petitioner a decree nisi of divorce on the grounds of cruelty in respect of his marriage with the…

Bishop S.C Phillips And T.K.E Phillips V R.T. Phillips (1967) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA,C.J.N. The appellants, who were the plaintiffs in the High Court of Lagos, are executors and trustees of the will of their uncle Adolphus Phillips (deceased), who died in Lagos on or about 29th day of July,1934, with a wife and…

Ogberejeko Ogboou V Eriyota Oogha And Another (1967) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER, J.S.C. The appellant who was the defendant in an action in the High Court, Warri, Mid-West Nigeria has appealed against the judgement of that Court awarding against him in favour of the respondents damages in the sum of £25 and an injunction…

Alhaji R.A. Afolabi (Trading As Ifelodun Bros). V Polymera Industries (Nig.) (1967) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR, F.J. The appellant, a Storekeeper employed by Messrs. G. B. Ollivant (Nigeria) Ltd. at their Shell Depot in Ibadan, was convicted by the Chief Magistrate Ibadan on all the twelve counts on which he was charged with stealing…

Henry B. Phillips V Joseph Ogundipe (1967) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER, J.S.C.  Henry Babalola Phillips was the plaintiff in an action he instituted in the Lagos High Court against Joseph Oloyinloye Ogundipe and in which he claimed:- “1. Declaration of title in fee simple of all that parcel or piece of land which forms…

S. O. Williams Permanent Secretary, Ministry Of Works And Housing V Joseph Folarin Kamson (1967) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA C.J.N.  This is an appeal by the appellant who on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing brought an originating summons before the High Court of Lagos under the Public Lands Acquisition Act…

Electricity Corporation Of Nigeria V Chief M. A. Okupe (1967) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER,J.S.C The appellants are the plaintiffs in action instituted in the High Court of Lagos against the respondent who was the defendant thereto and in which the writ was endorsed as follows:- ‘1. The plaintiff claims the sum of £ 14,000…

M. Ola Owodunni V Anthony Akinsola George (1967) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMAN,J.S.C In this appeal the defendant complains of the judgement given by Caxton Martins J. in the Lagos High Court Suit 241/63 on 11th June,1964 declaring title to a piece of land in favour of the plaintiff and granting him possession. It is…

Jimoh Aileru And Others V Ademuoye (Decd.) Substituted By Muyibatu Ademuoye And Others (1967) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C. In this case the plaintiffs for themselves and for and on behalf of the Ojuwoye Community of Mushin claimed a declaration that the Community are the absolute owners under native law and custom of a…