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Madam R. Onyechie V Mrs. R. Shadiya (1966) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. This appeal is from the judgment of Sowemimo J., in the High Court of Lagos upholding the magistrate. The dispute between Madam R. Onyechie and Mrs R. Shadiya (hereafter referred to as the tenant and the landlord respectively) is whether the…
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A.C.E. Jimona Ltd V Nigerian Electrical Contracting Co.ltd (1966) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report LEWIS, J.S.C. This is an appeal by the defendants from a judgment of the High Court of Lagos (Caxton Martins Ag. J.) in which judgment was entered for the plaintiffs for £5,189-13s.-6d. with costs. The matter had begun as three separate suits…
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Adewale Sholuade V The Republic (1966) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report LEWIS, J.S.C. The appellant was tried in the High Court of Lagos before Adedipe J., sitting with a jury and was convicted of murder. The case for the prosecution was that in the evening of the 8th of May, 1965 in Obadina Street, Lagos, the…
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Agbonmabge Bank Ltd V C.F.A.O (1966) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. In this appeal the Agbonmagbe Bank Ltd. complains of the judgement given by Adedipe J., in the Lagos High Court Suit No. LD/344/1963 on 6th July, 1964 in favour of the C.F.A.O. for £9,865-4s-4d. The C.F.A.O. had a customer by the name of…
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S. O. Akinsete V Emmanuel Akindutire (1966) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ONYEAMA, J.S.C The appellant was the judgment creditor in a suit for debt commenced in the Magistrate’s Court at Ibadan. The respondent who was the judgment debtor appealed to the High Court at Akure and applied for a stay of execution of the judgment…
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Alfred Ifeacho Vs Board Of Custom And Excise (1966) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. The appellant, who elected to be tried summarily, was tried by Magistrate Ojomo on three counts laid under the Customs and Excise Management Act of 1958, and was convicted on them all. On appeal to the High Court of Lagos,…
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Bashiru Ayinde V The Queen (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C. The appellant was convicted in the High Court of Western Nigeria of the murder of his wife, Taibatu Ayinde, to whom he had been married for about six years. They would appear to have lived together happily and there was no evidence of…
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Criminal Code and Penal Code in Nigeria The most striking difference between the Criminal Code and the Penal Code in Nigeria is the scope of their operation. The Criminal code is applicable to the Southern region, while the Penal code is applicable to the Northern region of Nigeria. Thus, Northern states in Nigeria operate by…
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Ownership under Land Law Ownership entails the total control, which a person has over his property. He has overriding right over his property is subject to no control. He is the owner and omega of his property. Ownership and Title are synonymous, and can be used interchangeably. The mere fact that you are the owner…
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Jide Digbehin Vs The Queen (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C. The three appellants were convicted of murdering a man named Noah Agemo, and it is not in dispute that he met his death in the presence of all three of them and of no other eye witness. On the evidence, if the trial…