Okechukwu Nathan Vs Frederick Okafor (1961) LLJR-SC
Okechukwu Nathan Vs Frederick Okafor (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR, F.J The plaintiffs/appellants took out a summons in the Mbamisi Native Court, Awka Division, in Eastern Nigeria, claiming the following:- (a)Declaration of title to the land at Oko occupied by the C.M.S. since 1916 into which the defendants have trespassed. (b)Damages for trespass committed […]
Anyiam Godwin Vs The Queen (1961) LLJR-SC
Anyiam Godwin Vs The Queen (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.F. The appellant has appealed against his conviction in the High Court of Eastern Nigeria holden at Calabar on an information containing two counts which are as follows:- STATEMENT OF OFFENCE: (1) Official corruption not judicial, contrary to section 116 (1) of the Criminal […]
District Officer Vs The Queen (1961) LLJR-SC
District Officer Vs The Queen (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.F. This is an appeal from the decision of Brown, J. sitting in the High Court of the Eastern Region at Enugu, discharging an Order Nisi for an order of certiorari to quash the judgment of the District Officer Obudu in his review of […]
William Ude And Others V. Josiah Agu And Others (1961) LLJR-SC
William Ude And Others V. Josiah Agu And Others (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, F.J This case raises two short but important questions of interpretation. The appellants, who were plaintiffs in the Court below, brought an action in the High Court of the Eastern Region on behalf of themselves and the entire people of […]
Abigail Folashade Vs Alhaji A. A. O. Duroshola (1961) LLJR-SC
Abigail Folashade Vs Alhaji A. A. O. Duroshola (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.F In this case parties are competing purchasers of a piece of land at Lagos-Ikorodu Road, Mushin, in Ikeja district. The plaintiff claimed from the defendant the sum of £660 being damages for trespass to the piece of land. He also […]
Otuguor Ogamioba Vs Chief D. O. Oghene (1961) LLJR-SC
Otuguor Ogamioba Vs Chief D. O. Oghene (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR, F.J This is an appeal from the ruling of the 1st September, 1959, made by Kester, J. of the High Court of the Warri Judicial Division in which he discharged a previous order of his of the 29th June, 1959. At the […]
Ogor Michael Vs The Queen (1961) LLJR-SC
Ogor Michael Vs The Queen (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, F.J. The appellant was convicted on the 7th November, 1960, in the High Court of the Western Region at Abeokuta, by Charles, J., of murdering one Chuckwumeka Ogor at Apoje on the 3rd May, 1960. He appeals against conviction, and his first ground is […]
Okupe M. A. Vs G. O. Laja (1961) LLJR-SC
Okupe M. A. Vs G. O. Laja (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, F.J This is an appeal by the plaintiff against the judgment given in Suit No. LD/l78/1959 of the High Court of Lagos on the 7th December, 1959, which dismissed the suit with costs. Briefly put, the plaintiff’s claim was for the repayment […]
Layunju Vs Emmanuel Araoye (1961) LLJR-SC
Layunju Vs Emmanuel Araoye (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, F.J This matter first came before the Court by way of an appeal brought by the present appellant, Layanju, from the decision of the High Court of the Western Region making absolute a rule nisi for a writ of mandamus to compel Ezekiel Taiwo, the […]
Mobil Oil (Nigeria) Limited Vs Johnson (1961) LLJR-SC
Mobil Oil (Nigeria) Limited Vs Johnson (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.F This was a claim by the plaintiff arising out of an agreement between the parties relating to the operation of a petrol filling and service station at Mokola, Ibadan. It was not in dispute that the petrol station was the property of […]