Filani Tambaya Vs Bornu Native Authority (1961) LLJR-SC
Filani Tambaya Vs Bornu Native Authority (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report HURLEY, C.J. N.R. We dismissed this appeal on 7th August, 1961, for the following reasons:– The appeal was argued on the ground, raised for the first time in this Court and raised by learned Counsel for the appellant as a ground additional to those […]
Clark Ejuren Vs Commissioner Of Police (1961) LLJR-SC
Clark Ejuren Vs Commissioner Of Police (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report HURLEY, C.J., N.R. The appellant was tried in the Magistrate’s Court, Sapele, of stealing £5, the property of Eruana Onator and also of another offence. On appeal to the High Court, he was acquitted of the second offence, but the conviction for stealing was […]
Mukete Victor & Ors Vs N.b.c (1961) LLJR-SC
Mukete Victor & Ors Vs N.b.c (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, AG. C.J.F This is an appeal from the decision of the High Court of the Southern Cameroons dismissing the claims of the plaintiffs Victor Mukete, John Mukete and Chief Abel Mukete in three consolidated actions for damages for defamation. The defamation complained of […]
S. O. Nwabuoku V Ottih P. N. (1961) LLJR-SC
S. O. Nwabuoku V Ottih P. N. (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.F This is an appeal against the judgment of Sanisbury, J. sitting in the Southern Cameroons, dismissing the plaintiff’s claim for an account of the rent collected by the defendant from June 1955 to July 1960, at £7 per month as the […]
Gamioba Otugor & Ors Vs Esezi Ii, The Onodjie Of Okpe And Others (1961) LLJR-SC
Gamioba Otugor & Ors Vs Esezi Ii, The Onodjie Of Okpe And Others (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, F.J We think it necessary to strike this matter out, as not being properly before us. The procedure for referring a question as to the interpretation of a constitution to this Court is now prescribed by […]
The Queen V Friday Ntah (1961) LLJR-SC
The Queen V Friday Ntah (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA,C. J. F The appellant in this case was convicted on a charge of murder in the High Court of the Eastern Region and sentenced to death. The evidence before the Court which was accepted by the Judge, as given particularly by the 5th and […]
Merchants Bank Ltd V. Federal Minister Of Financemerchants Bank Ltd V. Federal Minister Of Finance (1961) LLJR-SC
Merchants Bank Ltd V. Federal Minister Of Financemerchants Bank Ltd V. Federal Minister Of Finance (1961) TAYLOR, F.J This is an appeal from the Judgment of the High Court of Lagos dismissing the Plaintiffs/Appellants’ claims for:– (a)A declaration that the Order published as Legal Notice No. 152 of 1960 and dated 23rd September, 1960 is […]
Onyedire Christopher V The Queen (1961) LLJR-SC
Onyedire Christopher V The Queen (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR, F.J The appellant was convicted, at the trial held in the High Court of Umuahia, of the murder of one GODWIN ONYEDIRE, by shooting the said GODWIN ONYEDIRE and then striking him with the barrel of his gun while he lay on the ground. […]
Gabriel Adaoju Wilcox Vs The Queen (1961) LLJR-SC
Gabriel Adaoju Wilcox Vs The Queen (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report DE LESTANG, C.J. The appellant was convicted in the High Court of the Eastern Region of Nigeria at Uyo of uttering a forged cheque and stealing £2,179 thereby. The cheque in question purported to be signed on the front and at the back by […]
The Queen V Abdullahi Isa (1961) LLJR-SC
The Queen V Abdullahi Isa (1961) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.F The appellant was convicted in the High Court of the Jos Judicial Division in the Northern Region on a charge of murder and was on the 21st day of February, 1961 sentenced to death. He has appealed to this Court against his conviction. […]