Ogumola Ojo Vs The State (1972) LLJR-SC
Ogumola Ojo Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER, JSC. When we dismissed this appeal at the hearing on the 28th September, 1972, we stated that we would give our reasons for doing so later, and we now give those reasons. The appellant was charged with and convicted of the murder of one […]
Onuora Aseagba & Anor Vs Patrick Animonye Ofodile & Anor (1972) LLJR-SC
Onuora Aseagba & Anor Vs Patrick Animonye Ofodile & Anor (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SOWEMIMO, JSC The respondents, who were plaintiffs in the Onitsha High Court in Suit No. C/84/57, sued the appellants, as defendants, claiming the following:- (a) Declaration of title of ownership and possession of the piece or parcel of land known […]
Onuora Aseagba & Anor V. Patrick Animonye Ofodile & Anor (1972) LLJR-SC
Onuora Aseagba & Anor V. Patrick Animonye Ofodile & Anor (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. S. SOWEMIMO, J.S.C. The respondents, who were plaintiffs in the Onitsha High Court in Suit No. C/84/57, sued the appellants, as defendants, claiming the following:- (a) Declaration of title of ownership and possession of the piece or parcel of land […]
Babaji Yaro Vs The State (1972) LLJR-SC
Babaji Yaro Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.N. The appellant who was tried for murder in the High Court at Ikeja, by a judge and jury, was convicted on the 6th April, 1971, and sentenced to death. From that judgement he has now appealed. The deceased, one Alhaji Umoru Takarda, was […]
Messrs Dumez (Nigeria) Ltd. V. Patrick Nwaka Ogboli (1972) LLJR-SC
Messrs Dumez (Nigeria) Ltd. V. Patrick Nwaka Ogboli (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report LEWIS, J.S.C In Suit A/3/66 in the High Court at Agbor, the plaintiff claimed damages in the sum of 565pounds for trespass which he alleged in his writ the defendants committed about March, 1965, at Issele-Azagba in Otulu village and adjoining the […]
Shittu Adeosun Vs Lawani Bablola (1972) LLJR-SC
Shittu Adeosun Vs Lawani Bablola (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UDO UDOMA, J.S.C. The appellants were the plaintiffs in Suit No. 11/63 in the Ibadan No.3 Grade B Customary Court wherein the claim against the respondents therein defendants was for:- “Declaration of title to the piece of land at Itutaba, Ibadan bounded on the right […]
Sunday Archibong Vs The State (1972) LLJR-SC
Sunday Archibong Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report T. O. ELIAS, CJN In Charge No. C/52C/71in the High Court of the Calabar Judicial Division held at Calabar on January 10, 1972, P.O.E. Bassey, J., convicted the accused person of the murder of Arit Edet Sambo on October 5, 1970, at Ikang village, contrary […]
Obiyan v. Military Governor, Mid-West & Ors (1972) LLJR-SC
Obiyan v. Military Governor, Mid-West & Ors (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report B. A. COKER, J.S.C. The proceedings herein are concerned with an order of certiorari sought by the applicant, Ambrose Iguade Obiyan, against the Military Governor and the Attorney-General of the Mid-Western State of Nigeria for the purpose of quashing the order of revocation […]
Karibi Nunyiewa Vs The State (1972) LLJR-SC
Karibi Nunyiewa Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report GEORGE B. A. COKER, JSC The appellant in this case has appealed to this court against his conviction by the High Court, Port Harcourt (Wai-Ogosu, Ag. J.) of the murder of one Osiga Nwine. One of the eye-witnesses to the killing of Osiga Nwine was […]
Ali Safe Vs Northern States Marketing Board (1972) LLJR-SC
Ali Safe Vs Northern States Marketing Board (1972) LLJR-SC LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report LEWIS, J.S.C In Suit No. K/46/1970 in the Kano High Court, the plaintiff’s amended writ of summons filed by leave of the court read:- “The plaintiff’s claim against the defendant is for a declaration of title to the house situated and known […]