Chief Adekoya Oke Olukoga & Ors. V. Mrs Olufemi Fatunde (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report ADIO, J.S.C.  In the High Court of Lagos State of Nigeria, Lagos Judicial Division, the appellants, as plaintiffs, brought an action against the original defendants for the following reliefs:- “(1) N1,000 damages for trespass to the Plaintiffs’ land at…

Godwin Chime & Anor V. Nelson Ude & Ors (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OGUNDARE, J.S.C. The appellants, who are applicants in the application before us, being dissatisfied with the judgment of the Court of Appeal given on 18/1/93 appealed to this Court after obtaining the leave of the Court of Appeal so to…

Josiah Cornelius Limited V Ezenwa (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OGUNDARE, JSC. Chief Cornelius Okeke Ezenwa and one Chief J.O. Nnoruka together established four companies namely: Josiah Cornelius Limited, Master Malleable Fittings and Foundries Nigeria Limited, The Wheelbarrows, Hand-trucks and Carts and the Roadmaster Industries (Nigeria.) Limited. The four companies were doing very well.…

Josiah Cornelius Limited & Ors V. Chief Cornelius Okeke Ezenwa (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OGUNDARE, J.S.C.  Chief Cornelius Okeke Ezenwa and one Chief J.O. Nnoruka together established four companies namely: Josiah Cornelius Limited, Master Malleable Fittings and Foundries Nigeria Limited, The Wheelbarrows, Hand-trucks and Carts and the Roadmaster Industries (Nigeria.) Limited. The four…

Nelson Nwosu Onwugbufor & Ors. V. Herbert Okoye & Ors (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report IGUH, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division, which had on the 16th day of May, 1989 allowed the appeal by the defendants from the decision of Awogu, J. as he…

Tunde Oshunrinde V. Olufemi Akande (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report MOHAMMED, J.S.C.  This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Lagos Division, upholding a ruling of Ayorinde J (as he then was) of Lagos State High Court. Before I go further into the substance of this appeal I find it…

Shell Petroleum Development Company Of Nig. Ltd Vs Federal Board Of Inland Revenue (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report UWAIS, CJ.N. This case arose from the decision of the Board of Inland Revenue, the respondent herein, not to allow deductions from the Petroleum Profits Tax for 1973 payable by the appellant in respect of exchange…

Malcolm Olumolu V. Islamic Trust Of Nigeria (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report ONU, J.S.C. By its Writ of Summons dated November 29, 1984 the respondent herein, then as plaintiff, sued the appellant who was the defendant, in the High Court of Kaduna State holden in Kaduna, for possession, damages for mesne profits and injunction.…

Insurance Brokers Of Nigeria V. Atlantic Iles Manufacturing Company Limited (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report IGUH, J.S.C.  In the Ikeja Judicial Division of the High Court of Lagos State, the plaintiff instituted an action against the defendant claiming as follows:- “The sum of N243,869.27 (Two hundred and Forty three Thousand, Eight Hundred and Sixty…

Chief M. K .0. Abiola V. Federal Republic Of Nigeria (1996) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report BELGORE, J.S.C. On 16/5/95 this court on a motion on notice by learned counsel for the appellant, Chief G.O.K. Ajayi S.A.N., prayed that because eight of the justices in this court had instituted an action in libel against Concord…