Mr. Melford Agala & 9 Ors V Chief Benjamin Okusin & 3ors (2010) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report A.M. MUKHTAR, JSC  The plaintiffs (who are now the respondents in this appeal) in the High Court of Rivers State Holden at Degema claimed the following reliefs as per their amended Statement of Claim against the defendants…

Jfs Investment Ltd. Vs Brawal Line Ltd. & Ors (2010) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OLUFUNLOLA OYELOLA ADEKEYE This appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division delivered on the 10th of May 2000. The appellant, JFS International was the plaintiff in the suit filed at the Federal High Court Lagos.…

The Queen Vs Nnana Okoro (2010) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report JUDGEMENT ABBOTT, AG. CJF  This is an appeal from a conviction for murder by the High Court, Calabar, which came before us on 3rd June, 1960. We then dismissed the appeal, and we now give our reasons for so doing. PAGE| 2 There was…

Central Bank Of Nigeria V. Jacob Oladele Amao & 2 Ors (2010) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report WALTER SAMUEL NKANU ONNOGHEN, JSC This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Holden at Lagos in appeal No. CA/L/461/2000 delivered on the 5th day of December, 2006 dismissing the appeal of the appellant…

Mr Felix Nwoye Adim V. Nigerian Bottling Company Plc & Anor (2010) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report MUSDAPHER, J.S.C In the High Court of Justice of Lagos State, in the Ikeja Judicial Division and in suit No. ID/912/98, the plaintiff claimed against the defendants jointly and severally as follows:- “(a) N1,640,043 .95k (one Million, Six…

Olu Ogunsola V National Insurance Corporation Of Nigeria (Nicon) (2010) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report F. OGBUAGU, J.S.C. This case from the Records appears to me to have a long history starting in 1991 when the Court of Appeal, Ibadan Division, dismissed the Appeal by the Appellant against the decision of the High Court of…

Hon. Polycarp Effiom & Ors. V. Cross River State Independent Electoral Commission & Anor (2010) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report FRANCIS FEDODE TABAI, J.S.C. This appeal is against the decision of the Calabar Judicial Division of the Court of Appeal delivered on the 8th of July, 2008 dismissing the earlier appeal against the decision of…

Federal Housing Authority & Anor V. Mr. A. A. Kalejaiye (2010) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report BODE RHODES-VIVOUR, J.S.C The respondent as plaintiff sued the appellant as defendant in the Lagos High Court for the sum of N39, 340,800 as special and general damages for trespass and an order of injunction to restrain the 1st…

Rafiu Womiloju & 6 Ors V Mr. Fatai Ogisanyin Anibire & 4 Ors (2010) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report T. MUHAMMAD. J.S.C The plaintiffs at the High Court of Justice of Ogun State (trial court), took out a writ of summons against the defendants. In both the writ of summons and paragraph 20 of the…

Newman Olodo & Ors. V. Chief Burton M. Josiah & Ors (2010) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report A. FABIYI, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Port Harcourt Division, delivered on 5th June, 2002. The respondents herein, were the plaintiffs in suit No.YCC/63/95 at the Customary Court, Onopa- Yenagoa…