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Chief Ojogbo, Olaja-oriri Of Ugborodo & Ors V. Itsekiri Communal Land Trustees & Ors (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, J.S.C This suit was commenced in the Warri High Court by originating summons in which the Itsekiri Communal Land Trustees (as plaintiffs) have brought the people of the Ugborodo and Ogidigben to court to determine…
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College of Medicine of University of Lagos v. Dr S. A Adegbite (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report B. A. COKER, J.S.C. The appellants, that is to say, the College of Medicine of the University of Lagos are the first defendants to an action instituted in the High Court Lagos (Lagos State) by Dr S. A.…
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Alhaji Y. A. O. Bello v. The Diocesan synod of Lagos & Ors (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. B. A. COKER, J.S.C. The present appellant, Alhaji Y. A. O. Bello, became, in the events that happened, the plaintiff in an action originally instituted by his mother, Madam Ashinmowu Bello, in the High Court, Lagos…
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Alhaji Olorunkemi Ajao Vs L.e. Sonola & Anor (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G.B.A.COKER, JSC The appellant is the defendant in the action instituted against him in the High Court, Lagos, (Lagos State) in which the Plaintiffs’ claims, according to their Statement of Claim are as follows:- “(a) Declaration of title in fee simple to…
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Alhaji Y. A. O. Bello Vs The Diocesan Synod Of Lagos & Ors (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER, JSC. The present appellant, Alhaji Y.A.O. Bello, became, in the events that happened, the plaintiff in an action originally instituted by his mother, Madam Ashimowu Bello, in the High Court, Lagos and in which the writ…
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Ogbero Egri Vs Ogbero Ukperi (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, JSC. This case originated in the Oleh Customary Court in the Mid-Western State of Nigeria where the plaintiff (now respondent) claimed against the defendant (now appellant) as follows:- “Return of plaintiff’s wife called Lucky Onumerulu Ukperi detained at Emede by the defendant since December,…
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Slee Transport Ltd V. Oladipo Oluwasegun & Anor (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SOWEMIMO, J.S.C. The appeal in this case turns on three grounds; whether the Western State Court of Appeal could in the peculiar circumstances of the case substitute its own findings of facts on appeal from a court of first instance; (2) whether…
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Akpan Ikono & Anor Vs The State (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report U. UDOMA, JSC. On 23rd November, 1972, we allowed this appeal and ordered the acquittal and discharge of the appellants and that they be forthwith released from prison custody. We now give our reasons for the order we then made. The appellants, Akpan…
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African Continental Bank Ltd Vs Jammal Steel Structures Ltd (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ELIAS, CJN. This is an appeal from the ruling of Adefarasin, J., in Suit No. LD/970/73 given in the High Court of Lagos State on October 25, 1973, in which he held, inter alia, that notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal…
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Jammal Steel Structures Ltd V. African Continental Bank Ltd (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report O. ELIAS, C.J.N This is an appeal from the ruling of Adefarasin, J., in Suit No. LD/970/73 given in the High Court of Lagos State on October 25, 1973, in which he held, inter alia, that notwithstanding the provisions of the…