Duru V Inspector-general Of Police (1965) LLJR-SC
Duru V Inspector-general Of Police (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN JSC The appellant was prosecuted for an offence under section 225A (1)(a) of the Criminal Code, which provides that- “Every male person who (a) knowingly lives wholly or in part on the earnings of prostitution … shall be liable to imprisonment for two years.” […]
Toepher Inc. Of New York V Edokpolor (1965) LLJR-SC
Toepher Inc. Of New York V Edokpolor (Trading As John Edokpolor & Sons) (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN JSC The plaintiffs (now appellants) began an action in the High Court of the Mid- Western Region (B/39/64)- ‘for the sum of £2,142-0s-0d being total award made on 4th January, 1960 against the defendant in favour […]
Mutual Aid Society Ltd V Akerele (1965) LLJR-SC
Mutual Aid Society Ltd V Akerele (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report PER IDIGBE JSC This suit began in the Ijebu Ife Native Court and at last was heard by A. Desalu, Esq., a senior magistrate, at Ijebu-Ode. Samuel Odufale was suing both for himself and a number of others living at Araromi near Ogbere in […]
Attorney-general Of The Federation V Chandrai & Anor (1965) LLJR-SC
Attorney-general Of The Federation V Chandrai & Anor (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA JSC This is an appeal by the Attorney-General of the Federation against the acquittal of the two respondents who were charged in the High Court of Western Region holden at Ikeja under section 145(a) of the Customs and Excise Management Act, […]
Layiwola & Anor V Bello & 2 Ors (1965) LLJR-SC
Layiwola & Anor V Bello & 2 Ors (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ONYEAMA JSC This appeal is limited only to the question of the assessment and the quantum of damages awarded to the dependents of a deceased who was killed in a fatal motor car accident on 6th July, 1959. The dependents are his […]
Chief Obaseki V African Continental Bank Ltd. & Anor (1965) LLJR-SC
Chief Obaseki V African Continental Bank Ltd. & Anor (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN JSC The plaintiff (above appellant) sued the Bank and the auctioneer who conducted the sale on the Bank’s behalf, for specific performance and damages on the ground that the Bank refused to execute a conveyance; the High Court dismissed his […]
Ugugua Ukwa & Ors V Awka Local Council & Ors (1965) LLJR-SC
Ugugua Ukwa & Ors V Awka Local Council & Ors (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report PER ONYEAMA JSC This is an appeal from the judgment of Betuel, J. in the High Court of Eastern Nigeria at Onitsha dismissing the claim of the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs, who are the appellants and represent the people of Ezi-Awka, […]
Uwa Vs The State (1965) LLJR-SC
Uwa Vs The State (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report PER BAIRAMIAN JSC In this appeal the only question raised is whether the appellant could have been sentenced to death upon conviction of murder. He committed the murder in August, 1964; he was convicted and sentenced on the 1st June, 1965; and the question is whether […]
Adebona V Amao (1965) LLJR-SC
Adebona V Amao (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT JSC This is an appeal by the defendant against the judgment of the High Court of Lagos by which the plaintiff was granted a declaration of title according to native law and custom to a piece of land at Ibadan by Odunfa Street, Ebute Metta; and […]
Board Of Customs & Excise V Kalu Kalu (1965) LLJR-SC
Board Of Customs & Excise V Kalu Kalu (1965) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT JSC In other proceedings, which will be referred to in this judgment as the former proceedings, the respondent was convicted before the Chief Magistrate, Port Harcourt, of causing to be delivered a bill of entry which was untrue in a material […]