Olawoyin J. S. V. Attorney-general, Northern Region (1961) LLJR-SC
Olawoyin J. S. V. Attorney-general, Northern Region (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UNSWORTH, F.J. This is an appeal from a decision of the late Chief Justice Brown of Northern Nigeria, dismis-sing on a preliminary objection, a claim by the appellant in the following terms:– 1. A declaration that Part VIII of the Children and Young […]
Olawoyin J. S. Vs Attorney General, Northern Region (1961) LLJR-SC
Olawoyin J. S. Vs Attorney General, Northern Region (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UNSWORTH, F.J This is an appeal from a decision of the late Chief Justice Brown of Northern Nigeria, dismis-sing on a preliminary objection, a claim by the appellant in the following terms:– 1. A declaration that Part VIII of the Children and […]
Dixon Ojiegbe and Anor Vs Marcus W. Ubani and Anor (1961) LLJR-SC
Dixon Ojiegbe and Anor Vs Marcus W. Ubani and Anor (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.F. This is an appeal from the dismissal by Hughes, J., in the High Court of the Aba Judicial Division of an election petition arising out of an election held on the 12th December, 1959, to the House of […]
Giwa Vs Bisiriyu O Erinmilokun (1961) LLJR-SC
Giwa Vs Bisiriyu O Erinmilokun (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR, F.J. The action, the subject matter of this appeal, was originally instituted by Liadi Giwa, Chief Aromire, for himself and on behalf of all other members of the Aromire Chieftaincy Family, claiming a declaration of title under Native Law and Custom to the property […]
Onashile S. T. V Sule Salami Idowu (1961) LLJR-SC
Onashile S. T. V Sule Salami Idowu (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UNSWORTH, F.J This is a case in which the appellant mortgaged certain properties to the third respondent, who later purported to sell the legal estate to the first and second respondents under the power of sale conferred by the Conveyancing Act, 1881. It […]
Agaba G. K. Vs C. A. Otobosin (1961) LLJR-SC
Agaba G. K. Vs C. A. Otobosin (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, F.J. The defendant complains against the amount of damages awarded in the High Court of the Western Region, by Charles, J. at Abeokuta, on the 24th June, 1960, for in-juries suffered in a lorry accident. The amount awarded was £3,830. There was […]
Omidokun Owonyin V Omotosho (1961) LLJR-SC
Omidokun Owonyin V Omotosho (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, F.J In this appeal the plaintiff complains against the judgment given in the High Court, at Ibadan, on the 23rd March, 1959, in a dispute about an area of land of about thirteen square miles. The Statement of Claim was to this effect: – Owonyin, […]
Onaga George & Ors Vs Micho and Company (1961) LLJR-SC
Onaga George & Ors Vs Micho and Company (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UNSWORTH, F.J This is an appeal from a decision of the High Court of the Enugu Judicial Division awarding the respondent contractor the sum of £3,964 as damages for breach of a building contract. The facts are that the respondent contractor tendered […]
Willaims I. A. And Anor V Karimu Sanusi (1961) LLJR-SC
Willaims I. A. And Anor V Karimu Sanusi (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, AG. C.J.F The appellant is one of the six Registered Trustees of the Enitonna High School, Port Harcourt, who have received a certificate of incorporation under the Land (Perpetual Succession) Ordinance and may thus be sued in their corporate name. In […]
The Queen Vs Oladipo Oshunbiyi (1961) LLJR-SC
The Queen Vs Oladipo Oshunbiyi (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, AG. C.J.F. The appellant was tried in the High Court of Lagos before Coker, J., sitting with a jury, and convicted of murder. The facts, so far as they are relevant, are as follows. The deceased was a carpenter and the appellant had been […]