Nathaniel Nasamu V. The State (1979) LLJR-SC
Nathaniel Nasamu V. The State (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ESO, J.S.C. Nathaniel Nasamu, a soldier by profession, was convicted of the murder of one Iyese Otutu by the Lagos High Court, (Bakare J.) in May 1977. He was accordingly sentenced to death. He appealed against the conviction and sentence to the Federal Court of […]
Sele Eyorokoromo V. The State (1979) LLJR-SC
Sele Eyorokoromo V. The State (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BELLO, JSC The principal question for determination in this appeal is whether from the circumstances of the case the Court of Appeal was right in ordering a retrial of the appellants after that court had declared their trial in the High Court a nullity. The […]
Harry Akande V. General Electric Company & Ors (1979) LLJR-SC
Harry Akande V. General Electric Company & Ors (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ANIAGOLU,J.S.C. Leave to appeal against the Ruling of the Federal Court of Appeal dated 12th December, 1978, in the above case, was granted to the plaintiff/applicant on 7th March 1979, and after hearing argument of counsel on either side, this court, on […]
Samuel Oguebie & Anor V. Chukwudile Odunwoke & Ors (1979) LLJR-SC
Samuel Oguebie & Anor V. Chukwudile Odunwoke & Ors (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report K. ESO, J.S.C. This appeal first came before this Court on 8th November, 1976. Earlier on, that is on 3rd November 1976, the appellants had filed a notice of motion for leave to file and argue additional grounds to the seventeen […]
Adekunle Odunsi & Ors V. Ademola Odunsi (1979) LLJR-SC
Adekunle Odunsi & Ors V. Ademola Odunsi (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SOWEMIMO, J.S.C. This matter came before the Court as an application for leave to appeal under the Constitution (Amendment) (No.2) Decree No.42 of 1976, section 117(4). Mr Sogbesan, learned counsel for the applicants, drew our attention to the grounds on which the application […]
Obianwuna Ogbunyiya & Ors V. Obi Okudo (1979) LLJR-SC
Obianwuna Ogbunyiya & Ors V. Obi Okudo (1979) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IDIGBE, J.S.C. The Honourable Mr. Justice Philip Nnaemeka-Agu (Nnaemeka-Agu J.C.A.) of the Federal Court of Appeal, who in June 1977, was a Judge of the High Court of Anambra State, on the 17th day of June, 1977 in the Onitsha Judicial Division of […]
National Bank Of Nigeria & Anor V. Lady Ayodele Alakija & Anor (1978) LLJR-SC
National Bank Of Nigeria & Anor V. Lady Ayodele Alakija & Anor (1978) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report KAYODE ESO, J.S.C. The plaintiffs, in Suit No. M/146/72, took out an originating summons in the High Court of Lagos, against the defendants, as follows- “LET the defendants within 8 days after service of this summons on each […]
Lagos City Council Caretaker Committee & Ors V. Benjamin O. Unachukwu & Anor (1978) LLJR-SC
Lagos City Council Caretaker Committee & Ors V. Benjamin O. Unachukwu & Anor (1978) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BELLO, J.S.C. A bus belonging to the Appellants strayed from the highway and crashed into the shop of the Respondents. As a consequence of that accident, the Respondents instituted an action in the High Court, Lagos, claiming […]
Samuel Fadiora & Anor. (In Re Samuel) V. Festus Gbadebo & Anor (1978) LLJR-SC
Samuel Fadiora & Anor. (In Re Samuel) V. Festus Gbadebo & Anor (1978) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IDIGBE, J.S.C. The principal question raised in this appeal and which calls for the decision of this court is what exactly is the meaning and effect of an order (by an appellate court) for a trial de novo […]
Alhaji Raji Oduola & Ors V. Mrs. B. Ashcroft & Anor (1978) LLJR-SC
Alhaji Raji Oduola & Ors V. Mrs. B. Ashcroft & Anor (1978) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report S. SOWEMIMO, J.S.C. This is an appeal against the judgment of the Western State Court of Appeal in appeal No. CAW/97/72 judgment having been delivered on the 15th of November 1974. The case came before the Western State Court […]