E. E. Ebenezer V N.t. Bell (1963) LLJR-SC
E. E. Ebenezer V N.t. Bell (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR, F.J The present appellant brought an action in the Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, against the present respondent claiming the sum of £100 as general and special damages for the trespass alleged to have been committed by the latter in the former’s room in the […]
Mandilas And Keraberis Ltd Vs Chief Yesufu D. Otokiti (1963) LLJR-SC
Mandilas And Keraberis Ltd Vs Chief Yesufu D. Otokiti (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN. F.J The plaintiffs have appealed, and the defendant has cross-appealed, from the judgement in the Benin Suit No. 27 of 1957 given on 8th November, 1960. The parties entered into a contract on the 5th November, 1953, in relation to […]
Abraham Oguneye Jobi v. Peter Adewumi Oshilaja (1963) LLJR-SC
Abraham Oguneye Jobi v. Peter Adewumi Oshilaja (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, F.J. The appellant in this case brought an action in the High Court of Lagos, claiming a declaration of title to a piece of land at Ibidun Street, Surulere, damages for trespass and an injunction to restrain further acts of trespass. The […]
Federal Board of Inland Revenue v. S. O. Adenubi (1963) LLJR-SC
Federal Board of Inland Revenue v. S. O. Adenubi (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.F. The appellants have appealed against the judgment of the Chief Justice, High Court, Lagos, in an Income Tax matter arising out of assessment made upon the respondent for the year of assessment 1959-60. The respondent, who was dissatisfied with […]
Mandillas and Karaberis Ltd. v. Chief Yesufu D. Otokiti (1963) LLJR-SC
Mandillas and Karaberis Ltd. v. Chief Yesufu D. Otokiti (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, F.J. The plaintiffs have appealed, and the defendant has cross-appealed, from the judgement in the Benin Suit No. 27 of 1957 given on 8th November, 1960.The parties entered into a contract on the 5th November, 1953, in relation to the […]
E. T. Adewoyin and Ors v. Jones Adeyeye (1963) LLJR-SC
E. T. Adewoyin and Ors v. Jones Adeyeye (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, F.J. The plaintiffs complain against the judgment of the 30th November, 1961, which dismissed their Suit (Ibadan No. 257/58). In their appeal they repeat their claim for a declaration of title to the land in plan CK 160/59 (on which it […]
Emmanuel Ibeziako v. Commissioner of Police (1963) LLJR-SC
Emmanuel Ibeziako v. Commissioner of Police (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.F. This appeal raises a question of very great importance for Northern Nigeria where the Criminal Procedure Code is in force. The appellant was convicted by the Magistrate of the Jos Magisterial District on a charge of offering or giving gratification to a […]
Elijah Okezie Vs The Queen (1963) LLJR-SC
Elijah Okezie Vs The Queen (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.F. The appellant was in the High Court of the Eastern Region at Aba charged on an information containing two counts, namely obtaining goods by false pretences contra section 419 Criminal Code and stealing by agent contra section 390 (8) (b) of the Criminal […]
Abimbola George And Ors V. Dominion Flour Mills Ltd (1963) LLJR-SC
Abimbola George And Ors V. Dominion Flour Mills Ltd (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, E.J. The defendants have appealed from the judgment of Onyeama, J. in the Lagos Suit No. 338 of 1958 on a number of grounds, but their learned counsel, Chief H. O. Davies, confined his arguments to the following two:- (1) […]
Ajayi Alamu Vs Olaode Alao & Ayondioro Family (1963) LLJR-SC
Ajayi Alamu Vs Olaode Alao & Ayondioro Family (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. B. A. COKER, JSC There is no merit whatsoever in this appeal. The complaints here before us on appeal broadly speaking are, firstly, that the appeal should not have been heard in the High Court, Ibadan as the representative of the […]