Alfred Onyemena & Anor V. The State (1974) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report S. SOWEMIMO, J.S.C.  The appellants were convicted on the 22nd of December 1971, on a charge of murder after a trial by jury and sentenced to death by Kazeem, J., at the High Court, Ikeja, in the Lagos State. Their appeal against conviction…

Colonel Olu Rotimi & Ors. v. Mrs. F. O. MacGregor (1974) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. B. A. COKER, J.S.C. The present appellants were the defendants in an action instituted against them by the respondent, Mrs. E.O. MacGregor, as plaintiff, in the High Court of Lagos State. The writ in the action was endorsed for…

Lasisi Adeoye Adelebare V. Niger Motors Ltd (1974) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report O. ELIAS, C.J.N.  In Suit No. LD/83/69 delivered at the Ikeja High Court, Lagos State, on July 5, 1971, Dosunmu, J., dismissed the action brought against the defendant claiming the sum of 6,211 Pounds being special and general damages for the alleged unlawful…

J. C. Nzelu V. African Continental Bank Ltd. & Ors (1974) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report S. SOWEMIMO, J.S.C.  In this appeal,another unsavoury aspect of the Nigerian civil war is revealed in which resort is made to the court seeking for a relief against one of its unfortunate consequences. The court may appear helpless when in…

In Re: Quo Vadis Hotels and Restaurants Ltd. v. In Re: Commissioner of Lands, Chief F. Edo-Osagie (1974) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. B. A. COKER, J.S.C.  After listening to argument from both parties in this matter, we have come to the conclusion that the failure of the arbitrator to conclude the present proceedings in…

Maiden Electronics Works Ltd. V. Attorney-general Of The Federation (1974) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, J.S.C.  The defendants, an electronics and telecommunications Company, by letter dated 29th February, 1968, written as a follow-up to an earlier letter dated 22nd February, 1968, (Ex. 31) submitted to the Deputy Director, Department of Posts and Telecommunications, Ministry of…

Nigerian Acceptances Ltd & Anor V. Couthinho Caro & Co (1974) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER, J.S.C.  The appeals have not raised any fundamental issue as all parties concerned agree to the appeals and indeed asked that they should be allowed. Both the Nigerian Acceptances Ltd. and the West African Steel & Wire Ltd. have…

J. B. Soboyede & Ors v. Minister of Lands & Housing Western Nigeria (1974) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SOWEMIMO, J.S.C.  This appeal is against the judgment of Egbuna J., sitting at the Owerri High Court of the East Central State on the 9th of July, 1965. The case originated from the Isuikwuato District Court Grade…

J. B. Soboyede & Ors v. Minister Of Lands and Housing Western Nigeria (1974) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. B. A. COKER, J.S.C.  This judgment concerns a large parcel of land situate at Mushin in the Ikeja Division of the Colony Province which was acquired in 1957 by the Government of Western Nigeria at a…

L. N. Nwajuebo V.vincent Alabua & Anor. (1974) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, J.S.C. The plaintiff is a member of the Umu Alibo Family of Ibusa in the Mid-Western State and commenced these proceedings in the Ibusa Customary Court against the defendants who are sued as the representatives of the Umu Ozoma family, also of…