A. M. Soetan v. Total Nigeria Ltd (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report C. O. MADARIKAN, J.S.C.  In Suit No. LD/94/69 in the High Court, Lagos, the plaintiff took out a writ of summons on the 25th February, 1969 against the defendants claiming: “the sum of 2,000 (two thousand pounds) being damages for conversion in that…

Electrical & Mechanical Construction Co. Ltd. v. Total Nig. Ltd. & Anor. (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report O. ELIAS, C.J.N. This is an appeal against the judgment of Bello J. at the High Court, Kaduna, on 30th March, 1971, in which he refused to set aside the sale of the property, 7 Sokoto Road, Kaduna,…

Akpan Akpan Obot V. The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report T. O. ELIAS, C.J.N  This is an appeal from the judgment of S.J. Ete, J., delivered in the High Court of the South-Eastern State in the Uyo Judicial Division on February 18, 1972, in which he convicted the accused of the murder of one…

Peter Sunday Udoh V. The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SIR I. LEWIS, J.S.C  On the 22nd of March, 1972, we dismissed the appeal of Peter Sunday Udoh against his conviction of murder and sentence of death by Ete, J., on the 29th of October, 1971, in the High Court, Uyo in Charge No.…

Bassa Vorgho Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report O. ELIAS, C.J.N. On 30th July, 1969, at Luwa, Bassa Borgho committed culpable homicide punishable with death by Shooting Takava with a dane gun. On 26th November,1970, he was convicted of culpable homicide punishable with death, contrary to section 221 of the Penal Code by…

Raimi Fagbemi & Anor V. Chief Abiodun Oniru & Anor (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report B. A. COKER, J.S.C  The matter for decision in this case lies within a very small compass. The plaintiffs’ case is that they had let out to the defendants some swamps along the Idumagbo foreshore of Lagos and that the…

Ayantoyinbo Alade Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UDO UDOMA, JSC  The appellant was convicted of the murder of Oba Emmanuel Olajide Olayode in the High Court of the Western State, Ibadan, by Agbaje, J. His appeal to the Western State Court of Appeal against that conviction was dismissed. Against that order of…

F.O. Lukan Vs M. O. Ogunsusi (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report Prepared by A. ADEMOLA, C.J.N. & Delivered  by I. LEWIS, J.S.C. The appellant was the defendant in the High Court of the Western State in Ibadan where he was sued by the present respondent for a sum of 250 being general and special damages for…

Linus Ntibunka & Anor. V. The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SIR I. LEWIS,  J.S.C.  On the 31st of August, 1971, Balonwu, J., in the Owerri High Court convicted Linus Ntibunka and Cyprian Ejianu of the murder of Okwerenkedia U. Agwu in Charge No. HOW/8C/71, and on the 6th of January, 1972, we dismissed the…

J. O. Ojosipe V. John Dada Ikabala & Ors (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. B. A. COKER, J.S.C.  This ruling concerns an application for: “(i) An order granting leave to appeal to the Supreme Court from the order of the High Court of Lagos made on Monday, 21st February, 1972 in Suit No. LD/967/71…