Madam C. S. T. Kodesoh Vs Madam Ayinke Aro (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER, JSC. The appellant was the defendant and the respondent the plaintiff in an action instituted by the plaintiff in the High Court, Ikeja, Lagos State and in which the writ was endorsed for the following claims:- “(a) Possession of all…

Okwo Ejiofor Vs Eze Onyekwe (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. B. A. COKER, J.S.C. The present appellant as the plaintiff had instituted an action against the respondents as defendants in the High Court, Agbor, Mid-Western State, claiming against them as follows:- “a declaration that the parcel of land shown and edged in PINK in…

Molo Hu V. The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UDO UDOMA, J.S.C.  On 26th May, 1972, we dismissed this appeal for the reasons which we now give. The appellants, Molo Hu and Ba Hune, were convicted in the High Court of the North-Eastern State, holden at Maiduguri, of culpable homicide punishable with death under…

Evarist Ugoji V. Theophilus Uzoukwu (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, J.S.C. In suit No. 0/67/63 in the Onitsha High Court, the plaintiff (now respondent) on 25th May, 1963, took out a writ of summons against the defendant (now appellant) in which he, claimed: “(i) an account of all monies paid and received on all…

Mba Nta & Ors. V. Ede Nwede Anigbo & Anor.(1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. B. A. COKER, J.S.C.  The respondents were the plaintiffs in an action tried in the High Court, Enugu (W. J. Palmer J.) in which their claim as set out in the amended statement of claim reads as follows:- “Wherefore the…

Alhaji Audu Bida Vs Commissioner Of Revenue (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report LEWIS, J.S.C.  In Suit NCH/26/70 in the Kaduna High Court the plaintiff’s claim as formulated in the writ was for arrears of income tax due from the defendant in the sum of 24,317 15/-(pounds), and paragraph 2 to 5 of the statement of…

Esievure Ebigide Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report A. FATAYI-WILLIAMS, JSC.  When we dismissed this appeal at the hearing on 6th January, 1972, we indicated that we would later give our reasons for doing so. We now give these reasons. The appellant was charged in the High Court, Ughelli, in the Mid-Western State,…

Sambo Kumbul Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ELIAS. CJN  On October, 13, 1971, at the Bauchi Judicial Division, the accused was charged with culpable homicide punishable with death in that on or about March 21, 1971, at Bauchi, he set Macindo on fire with knowledge that death would be the probable consequence…

Fasasi Adesina v. The Federal Public Trustee & Ors (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report C. O. MADARIKAN, J.S.C The present respondents were the plaintiffs in an action instituted by them in the High Court of Lagos (Suit No. LD/494/68) against the appellant as defendant and in which their claims as endorsed on the writ were…

Eyang Edim Vs The State (1972) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ELIAS, C.J.N On March 22, 1972, we dismissed the appeal brought by Eyang Edim against his conviction for murder by Bassey, J., on July 12, 1971, in the High Court at Calabar in Charge No. C/6C/71. We now give our reasons for so doing. In…