Alhaji the Hon. D.S. Adegbenro v. The Hon. S.L. Akintola (1963) LEJR-SC
Alhaji the Hon. D.S. Adegbenro v. The Hon. S.L. Akintola (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Electronic Judgement Report BAIRAMIAN [Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria] This is an application by Alhaji Adegbenro for costs against Chief Akintola. It arises in this way. Last year in May, the then Governor of the Western Region (Sir Adesoji Aderemi) removed […]
Daja Wagga v. The Queen (1963) LEJR-SC
Daja Wagga v. The Queen (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Electronic Judgement Report ADEMOLA ADETOKUNBO C.J.N [Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria] We now give our reasons for dismissing this appeal on the 24th May, 1963. The appellant, who was charged with culpable homicide punishable by death under section 221 of the Penal Code, was, on the […]
Iyade Nwango v. The Queen (1963) LLJR-SC
Iyade Nwango v. The Queen (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report BAIRAMIAN [Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria] The appellant was convicted on 3rd August, 1963 in the High Court of Eastern Nigeria at Abakaliki, of murdering one Nwefi Oka on the 11th January, 1963 at Amachara Agbaja Izi in the Province of Abakaliki. That […]
Onashile v. Barclays Bank D.C.O. (1963) LLJR-SC
Onashile v. Barclays Bank D.C.O. (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report BAIRAMIAN [Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria] This appeal by Mr Onashile requires a short summary of the events which led to it.Mr Onashile gave Barclays Bank a legal mortgage of some land of his, to secure his overdraft. The Bank did not apply […]
Rowland Ebholmien and 4 others v. The Queen (1963) LLJR-SC
Rowland Ebholmien and 4 others v. The Queen (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report BAIRAMIAN [Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria] The five appellants were tried with four others on a count of murdering one Yekini Momodu at Ujogba Village in the Benin Division on 18th September, 1961. The other four were acquitted; the five […]
Gabriel Kechi v. The Queen (1963) LLJR-SC
Gabriel Kechi v. The Queen (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report BAIRAMIAN [Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria] This appeal was heard on the 31st October. The appellant was convicted on 9th July, 1963 at Abakaliki in the High Court of Eastern Nigeria before Phil:- Ebosie, J., on the charge of murdering one Achong Ndim […]
Dr. Esin Anwana Esin v. Atang Edem Abasi and Ors (1963) LLJR-SC
Dr. Esin Anwana Esin v. Atang Edem Abasi and Ors (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report LORD UPJOHN [Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria] This is an appeal by leave from an order made on the 24th May, 1963 of the Federal Supreme Court of Nigeria whereby certain proceedings in the High Court of Nigeria […]
B. O. Okafor v. Christopher Nnodi (1963) LLJR-SC
B. O. Okafor v. Christopher Nnodi (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report BAIRAMIAN [Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria] This appeal was allowed at the hearing and an order made on 11th November, 1963 at Kaduna; the Court said reasons would be given later, and they will now be given. The claim in the writ […]
Nigeria Water Resources Development Limited v. A. K. Jaiyesimi (1963) LLJR-SC
Nigeria Water Resources Development Limited v. A. K. Jaiyesimi (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report ADEMOLA ADETOKUNBO C.J.N [Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria] On May 1st 1963 at Ibadan we struck out this appeal for want of jurisdiction and stated we would give our reasons later. We now do so. The judgement appealed against […]
Mbam Iziogo v. The Queen (1963) LLJR-SC
Mbam Iziogo v. The Queen (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report JOHN IDOWU CONRAD TAYLOR F.J. [Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria] The deceased made a report to the Police about the theft of his goat, and as a result he went to the house of the appellant in the company of two Police Constables […]