International Messengers (Nig.) Ltd. V. Pegofor Industries Limited (2005) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report EDOZIE, J.S.C. The respondent and appellant were respectively plaintiff and defendant before the Onitsha High Court in suit No. 0/31/92. The plaintiff, a company engaged in the manufacture of industrial gas had a chemical plant in Onitsha which was installed by…

John I. Ogbu V. Best Wokoma (2005) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report AKINTAN, J.S.C. The appellant as plaintiff commenced this action at Port Harcourt High Court in 1982 as suit No. PHC/272/82 against the respondent as defendant. The claim was in respect of a dispute arising over the ownership of a house at 185 Ikwerre…

Kano Ile Printers Ltd. V. Gloede And Hoff (Nigeria) Ltd. (2005) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report EDOZIE, J.S.C. Apart from the objection to the competency of this appeal, the narrow and the only issue canvassed in the appeal relates to the fairness of the trial in the court of first instance being the Kano High…

Chitex Industries Ltd. V. Oceanic Bank International (Nig.) Ltd. (2005) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report MUSDAPHER, J.S.C. In the High Court of Justice of Anambra State of Nigeria, in the Onitsha Judicial Division and in suit No. O/234/93 the plaintiff as per paragraph 16 of the statement of claim claimed against the defendant as follows:-…

O.D. Briggs V. The Chief Lands Officers Of Rivers State Of Nigeria & Ors (2005) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report KUTIGI, J.S.C. In the High Court of River State holden at Port Harcourt, the plaintiff claimed against the defendants jointly and severally as follows:- “(a) A decree of specific performance constraining the 1st defendant to…

Francis Okafor & Ors. V. Attorney General Anambra State & Ors. (2005) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report BELGORE, J.S.C. The appellants were plaintiffs in the High Court of Anambra State sitting at Nnewi Judicial Division. The land in dispute called by plaintiffs as Okpukpite, was acquired by their ancestors by conquest about four hundred and…

Daniel Holdings Ltd V. United Bank For Africa Plc. (2005) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OGUNTADE, J.S.C. The appellant, as the plaintiff, at the High Court of Lagos State claimed against the respondent, as the defendant, for the following: ” … total sum of N93,846.50 (Ninety three thousand eight hundred and forty six naira, fifty…

The Chief Of Air Staff & Ors. V. Wing Commander P. E. Iyen (2005) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report EJIWUNMI, J.S.C. The question that calls for determination in this appeal falls within a very narrow compass. And it is whether a person whose trial was a nullity should be discharged or discharged and acquitted for…

M. Iloabachie, Esq. V Benedict N. Iloabachie (2005) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report PATS-ACHOLONU, J.S.C. The appellant had instituted an action against the respondent for defamation for publishing a document which he complained had libelled him. The alleged libellous statements were said to have been published by the respondent sequel to a complaint by him…

Lambert Sunday Iwueke V. Imo Broadcasting Corporation (2005) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report ONNOGHEN, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal sitting in Port-Harcourt Coram A. I. Katsina-Alu, JCA (as he then was) and R. O. Roland, M. O. Onalaja, JJCA delivered in appeal No. CAJPH/55/88 on the 28th…