Usen V Bank Of West Africa Ltd (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C. The appellant was first employed by the respondent Bank on the 1st June, 1948, and remained in its employment until the 12th January, 1962, when he received a letter saying that his employment was terminated as a result of his serious…

Ferris George & Sons Ltd V Kalim Khoury (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C.  Ferris George & Sons Limited is a private limited company incorporated in Nigeria under the Companies Act, and one of the members of the company is George who is registered as the holder of 30,500 fully paid £1 shares. On…

Etim Edet V Board Of Customs And Excise (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. The appellant, who will be referred to as the defendant, was tried for an Exchange Control offence before J. C. Phil-Ebosie, Esq., Chief Magistrate, Calabar,-who acquitted him; on appeal by the Board of Customs and Excise he was convicted in…

Onayemi V Okunubi (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. The late Emmanuel Musuru Okunubi left a will, in which he made various specific dispositions with a final bequest and devise to all his children in equal shares of the residue both real and personal, and he appointed three executors, of whom the remaining two…

Kerewi (Substituted For John Reimu) V Odegbesan (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ONYEAMA, J.S.C.  The plaintiff who is the respondent on this appeal was the owner of a taxi-cab registered as No. WS.440. On the 19th of July, 1960, this vehicle was being driven from Warri to Sapele when, about seven miles from Sapele, it…

Ozude V Inspector-general Of Police (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. The Court allowed this appeal at the hearing, and will now give its reasons in writing. We then said that the trial was marred by the reception of hearsay evidence, and that the trial magistrate was not alive to the fact that the…

Anowele And G. Nwafor V The State (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C.  The two appellants and two others were convicted – (1) of conspiracy to commit the felony of housebreaking and stealing; (2) of breaking into a store, contra to section 413 of the Criminal Code; (3) of stealing goods from the store,…

Geoffrey Sunju Bell-gam V Grace Bell-gam (1965) BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. On September 4th, 1963, W.J. Palmer J. gave judgement for dissolution of marriage on the ground of desertion and of the husband’s adultery with a woman named; he granted custody of the two children of the marriage to the wife (the petitioner) and dismissed the husband’s…

Rev. Lijadu V Mrs Franklin (Nee Lijadu) (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT. JSC The Rev. Moses Folarin Lijadu sued Mrs. Adedoyin Franklin in the High Court of Lagos for an order requiring her to execute a deed conveying to him a piece of land known as No. 5 Campbell Street, Lagos. The action was dismissed…

W. H. Bockelmann V Thompson Nwaehi (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C. When this appeal came up for hearing on the 25th January, 1965, the appellant and his counsel were absent and the appeal was dismissed with 25 guineas costs. On the 5th February, 1965 counsel for the appellant put in a notice of…