Alhaji Joda Kobuwa & Anor V. Musa Lamudu & Anor (1998) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report MUHAMMAD, J.C.A. The respondents herein i.e. Musa Lamudu and Sule Lamudu and one Bagana are brothers. When their father died he left a farmland which they jointly inherited. The farmland was not shared between them. Bagana who is the eldest…

Public Finance Securities Ltd. & Anor V. Sir Chief Harrison Jefia (1998) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ROWLAND, J.C.A. This appeal is from a judgment of Obi, J., sitting at the Warri Division of the Delta State High Court in Suit No. W/216/93 given on 15th April, 1994 wherein in an action brought under the undefended…

Mohammadu Baraya V. Hajiya Biba Belel & Anor (1998) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report MUNTAKA-COOMASSIE, J.C.A.  This is an appeal by Muhammadu Baraya against the decision of the Adamawa State Sharia Court of Appeal sitting in Yola, now court below. At the Upper Area Court No. 1 Yola, herein trial court, the appellant was the defendant…

Baka Jiji & Anor V. Ibrahim Abare (1998) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OKUNOLA, J.C.A. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Yobe State Sharia Court of Appeal holden at Potiskum delivered on 1/6/94 which reversed the earlier decision of the Upper Area Court, Damagum. The facts of this case briefly put are as…

Yisi Nigeria Limited V. Trade Bank Plc. (1998) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OGEBE, J.C.A. T he appellant instituted an action in Kwara State High Court Ilorin demanding a reinstatement of a stun of 86.560 dollars allegedly improperly taken out or its account by the respondent without its knowledge and consent. The appellant brought an ex-parte…

Chief Alexander Owo & Ors. V. Most Rev. Dr. J.a. Adetiloye & Ors. (1998) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report AKPABIO, J.C.A. This was an application brought on behalf of the present applicants who were the plaintiffs at the trial court, and had obtained an ex-parte injunction before Akubuilo, J. of Anambra State High Court sitting at…

Prof. N.W. Gomwalk & Ors V. Prof. Vincent Nnamdi Okwosa (1998) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report PROFESSOR VINCENT NNAMDI OKWOSA OGUNTADE, J.C.A Delivering the Leading Judgment): At the Jos High Court of Plateau state, the present appellants as applicants brought an application wherein they prayed for “An order setting aside the writ of attachment issued by the…

Mrs. Olayide Okelola V. Adebisi Adeleke (1998) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OKWUCHUKWU OPENE, JCA  This is an appeal against the judgment of Adeyinka J. sitting at Lagos High Court delivered on 3rd day of September 1990 whereby the learned trial judge dismissed the plaintiff’s case in its entirety having come to the conclusion that the…

International Merchant Bank Plc V. Comrade Cycle Co. Ltd. & Anor (1998) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ABDULLAHI, J.C.A. This is an interlocutory appeal against the decision of Kaduna State High Court sitting at Zaria dated 15/7/92. The facts briefly are that, the appellant as financiers, granted facilities to the 1st respondent and the 2nd respondent…

Inland Containers (Nig.) Ltd. & Anor. V. Roger Colman Trading Company Nig. Ltd. (1997) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OGEBE, J.C.A. The respondent company sued the appellants before the Kano High Court claiming the following reliefs in Para. 12 of the statement of claim:- “a. The sum of $360.000 or the Naira equivalent of three thousand…