Ownership under Nigerian Land Law – Aanuoluwa Oluwapelumi OLA
Ownership under Land Law Ownership entails the total control, which a person has over his property. He has overriding right over his property is subject to no control. He is the owner and omega of his property. Ownership and Title are synonymous, and can be used interchangeably. The mere fact that you are the owner […]
Jide Digbehin Vs The Queen (1963) LLJR-SC
Jide Digbehin Vs The Queen (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C. The three appellants were convicted of murdering a man named Noah Agemo, and it is not in dispute that he met his death in the presence of all three of them and of no other eye witness. On the evidence, if the trial […]
The Queen V. Effiong Okon Eyo (1962) LLJR-SC
The Queen V. Effiong Okon Eyo (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR JSC The appellants were four of the six accused persons who stood trial at the Assizes held at Uyo in the Calabar Judicial Division on the following eight counts:- Count 1:with Riot contrary to S.71 of the Criminal Code. Counts 2, 3, and […]
T.I. Agunwa V. J.E. Onukwue (1962) LLJR-SC
T.I. Agunwa V. J.E. Onukwue (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN JSC In this appeal, the defendant complains against the judgment given by W. J. Palmer, J., on the 5th April, 1960, in Suit No. E/33/59 of the Enugu Judicial Division.The defendant was the landlord of the plaintiff, whom he turned out of the premises, […]
Okon Vs Okpo (1962) LLJR-SC
Okon Vs Okpo (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN JSC This appeal is from the judgment given by Kaine, J., on 6th May, 1960, in the Calabar consolidated Suits No. 51 and 52 of 1951, in favour of the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs in both suits are the representatives of Mbiatuk Itam, Ito District. In Suit […]
Umaru Gwandu V. N.A Gwandu (1962) LLJR-SC
Umaru Gwandu V. N.A Gwandu (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN JSC Umaru Gwandu was tried before the Emir of Gwandu’s Court on the prosecutor’s statement that he had killed a woman by the name of Rabi. There is no dispute that he threw a mortar at her head as she lay asleep during the […]
National Investment & Properties Company Limited & Anor V. Bank Of West Africa Ltd (1962) LLJR-SC
National Investment & Properties Company Limited & Anor V. Bank Of West Africa Ltd (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN JSC This appeal is against the judgment of de Lestang, C.J., High Court of Lagos in favour of the plaintiff Bank. The Bank’s case was that Mansour had deposited three certificates of leasehold property in […]
Riskuwa Shanawa V. Sokoto Native Authority (1962) LLJR-SC
Riskuwa Shanawa V. Sokoto Native Authority (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA JSC The appellant was convicted and sentenced to death in the Court of the Sultan of Sokoto of the offence of culpable homicide contrary to Section 221(a) of the Penal Code. His appeal to the High Court, Northern Region, was dismissed and he […]
The Queen V. Alexander A. Ohaka (1962) LLJR-SC
The Queen V. Alexander A. Ohaka (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN JSC This appeal is from the decision of the High Court at Aba (Kaine, J. on 3rd October, 1961) whereby the conviction passed by the Magistrate (O. Inko-Tariah, Esq., on 27th September, 1960) was upheld. Shortly put, the evidence at the trial was […]
Gabriel Madukolu & Ors V. Johnson Nkemdilim (1962) LLJR-SC
Gabriel Madukolu & Ors V. Johnson Nkemdilim (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report VAHE BAIRAMIAN, F.J. This appeal from the High Court of the Eastern Region (Betuel, J. at Onitsha on 23 November, 1959) raises the questions of res judicata and turns on the application of Section 53 of the Evidence Act, which provides that Every […]