Ezeani V. Ejike (1964) LLJR-SC

Ezeani V. Ejike (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, J.S.C.  This is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court of Eastern Nigeria awarding damages for conversion. The appellants belong to the village of Umuori and in an action decided some years ago the people of that village obtained a declaration of title to […]

Ibong Udo Okoko & Anor V. The State (1964) LLJR-SC

Ibong Udo Okoko & Anor V. The State (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report COKER, J.S.C.  The appellants were on the 26th June, 1964, at the High Court of the Calabar Judicial Division (Balonwu, J.) convicted of the murder on the 3rd December, 1962, of one John James Akpan at Ikot Ofon ikene, and they have […]

Clement Iwu Anyanwu V. The State (1964) LLJR-SC

Clement Iwu Anyanwu V. The State (1964) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C.  The appellants were convicted of murdering a custom officer named Jonathan Ogbonnaya Okereke on 7th September, 1962, at the Erin Ekung creek in Oron. Briefly these were the facts found by the trial Judge: A party of about thirty men went into […]