Onigbongbo Community V. Minister Of Lagos Affairs And Ors (1971) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.N. This motion, of great importance to legal practitioners, is for an order to restrain a legal practitioner, Chief F.RA Williams, from appearing as counsel to the third to thirty-first respondents (Egba refugees) on the ground that Chief Williams as…

Raji Oriare V. Government Of Western Nigeria (1971) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.N. This appeal arises out of a claim for declaration of title to land brought by the plaintiff/appellant against the government of Western Nigeria and two others and in which latter two interveners sought to be joined as co-defendants. The learned judge…

Alitalia Airlines Ltd V. Federal Board Inland Revenue. (1971) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report LEWIS, J.S.C. The appellants before us, Alitalia Airlines Ltd., are an Italian company having a branch in Nigeria and which operates the business of transport by air in many parts of the world including Nigeria. There had been correspondence between the appellants…

Odeku V. Dawodu & Ors. (1971) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report Parties ODEKU – Appellant(s) AND thousand pounds (100,000 pounds) which the defendants received in August 1961 from the Western Nigeria Government for and on behalf of the Ashogbon Chieftaincy family of Lagos, being part-payment of compensation for the Chieftancy family land acquired by the said Government.…

A. A. Okulaja Vs Adamo Alli (1971) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.N.  This in an appeal from the ruling of Beckley J., at the Ikeja High Court refusing to make an order on a motion by the defendant to stay further proceedings in a case until such time as the plaintiff submit to examination…

Ado Ibrahim & Anor. In Re Ado Ibrahim V. Chief S.b. Bakare (1971) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UDO UDOMA J.S.C. This application is brought under Order 1, rule 5 of the Rules of this Court for the enlargement of time within which to fulfil the conditions of appeal imposed by the Registrar, High Court in…

A. A. Okulaja Vs Adamo Alli (1971) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.N. This in an appeal from the ruling of Beckley J., at the Ikeja High Court refusing to make an order on a motion by the defendant to stay further proceedings in a case until such time as the plaintiff submit to examination…

Farmart Produce & Shipping Line Ltd V. Establishment De Commerce General (1971) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report MADARIKAN JSC  On the 2nd August, 1968, Messrs. Establishment de Commerce General (hereinafter referred to as the petitioner) filed a petition in the Lagos High Court (Suit No. M/122/68) which read: “The humble Petition of Your Lordship’s Petitioner, Messrs.…

Bassey Hogan V. Dorcas Adebisi Ogunyemi (1971) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report LEWIS, J.S.C. In the Magistrate’s court, Lagos in suit no. 824/66 the plaintiff’s claim read: “The plaintiff’s claim against the defendant is for 400Pounds damages for injury to the plaintiff’s property by the escape of water from the defendant’s tap at No.7 Egerton Road,…

Chief S. I. Edu V. National Bank Of Nigeria Ltd (1971) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report MADARAKIN JSC The present appellant was the 2nd defendant in an action instituted against him and the West African Travel Agency Limited as the 1st defendant in the High Court, Lagos (Suit No. LD/280/66). The plaintiff/company’s claim as endorsed on…