Asuquo Ekpenyong V The State (1967) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. Asuquo Eyo Ekpenyong, to whom we shall refer as the prisoner, was tried in the High Court of Lagos on sixteen counts, which may be sorted out as follows: A. Forgery of cheques: counts 1, 4, 7, 10, 13. B. Uttering of forged…

Morinatu .O. Oduka And Others V A. Kasumu And Others (1967) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER, J.S.C Delivering the Judgment of the Court The appellants have appealed to this Court against the judgment of Fakayode, J. given at the High Court, Ikeja, on the 28th May, 1965. They were the defendants in an action instituted…

G.B.A Akinyede And Others V Y.m. Opere And Others (1967) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.N. This is a motion by the seven appellants who were defendants in this case in the court below, asking for leave of this court to lead additional evidence to correct the record made by the trial judge in respect…

Continental Chemists Ltd V Dr C.A Ifeakandu (1967) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. The above company sued the doctor for breach of contract, and has appealed from [the dismissal of its suit: (Warri No. 3/1963 decided on 28 August, 1963). When the doctor was still a student of medicine, in November, 1956 he and…

Bohsali And Co. Ltd V Okoi Arikpo (1966) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report LEWIS, J.S.C. This is an appeal by the plaintiff from Adefarasin, J., sitting in the Lagos High Court in which he struck out the plaintiffs claim in suit No. LD 32/64 on 22nd July, 1964 but made no order as to costs. The…

Western Nigeria Development Corporation V Jimoh Abimbola (1966) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report AJEGBO, J.S.C.  This is an appeal by the defendant, the Western Nigeria Development Corporation (hereafter referred to as “the Corporation”), against the judgment of Somolu, J., in the Ibadan High Court awarding £2,650-10s damages and 200 guineas costs against the Corporation for wrongful…

Marian Asabi Craig V Victoria Emmanuel Craig And Anor (1966) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER, J.S.C. The appellant was the defendant in an action instituted in the High Court of Lagos by the respondents. The writ was endorsed as follows:- “The plaintiffs seek a declaration that as the next of kin of Moses Craig, deceased,…

R. A. Erokwu And Ors V S. I. Bosah And Ors (1966) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ONYEAMA, J.S.C. This appeal is from the judgement of Betuel, J. sitting at Onitsha in the consolidated High Court Suits 0/107/59 and 0/108/59 ordering the cancellation of two leases of Isiokwe family land at Awada granted by the defendants…

T.O. Oyegbola V Esso West Africa Inc (1966) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. Dealt with the other claims and continued:-The plaintiff complains that he ought to have had judgment for the repayment of his security with interest-£3,500 plus £840 interest for six years. Apart from his evidence that he deposited £3,500 in 1957, there…

Bola Etuwewe and Anor V Sunday Etuwewe and Etuwewe (1966) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report LEWIS, J.S.C.  This is an appeal by the plaintiffs from a decision of Ekeruche, J. sitting in the Warri High Court on the 20th January, 1964 in Suit W./57/1961 in which he struck out the claim with 15 guineas costs to…