Town Clerk, L. T. C. v. Mrs P. A. Clement (1963) LLJR-SC
Town Clerk, L. T. C. v. Mrs P. A. Clement (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, F.J. This is an appeal by the Town Clerk of the Lagos Town Council against the judgment of the High Court of Lagos awarding damages against him in respect of injuries caused to the plaintiff and her house through […]
Albert Omowale Domingo Vs The Queen (1963) LLJR-SC
Albert Omowale Domingo Vs The Queen (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BREIT, EJ. The appellant was tried in the High Court of Western Nigeria on an Information containing eighteen counts. The first was for stealing, contrary to s. 331 (5) of the Criminal Code of Western Nigeria. The thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth were […]
Salimou Bolatito Lawal v. The Queen(1963) LLJR-SC
Salimou Bolatito Lawal v. The Queen (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, F.J. The appellant was convicted on two counts of false pretences laid under section 419 of the Criminal Code. One count alleged that he:- “on or about the 18th day of April, 1961, at Lagos, with intent to defraud, obtained from the Co-operative […]
Patrick Nwafor Muonwem And 4 Ors V The Queen (1963) LLJR-SC
Patrick Nwafor Muonwem And 4 Ors V The Queen (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT JSC The five appellants were convicted of murdering a police officer named Bamford Amazama at Onitsha on the 2nd June, 1962. In substance, the facts which the Judge found proved were as follows. On the night of the 2nd June, […]
Daja Wagga v. The Queen (1963) LLJR-SC
Daja Wagga v. The Queen (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.F. We now give our reasons for dismissing this appeal on the 24th May, 1963. The appellant, who was charged with culpable homicide punishable by death under section 221 of the Penal Code, was, on the 12th January, 1963,convicted of that offence. The case […]
A.I.B.A. Kabiawu V Lawal (1963) LLJR-SC
A.I.B.A. Kabiawu (For Himself And Members Of Kabiawu Family) V Lawal (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report Coker J.S.C. The appellant was the plaintiff in an action against the respondent, tried in the High Court of Lagos and his writ, as amended, reads as follows:-“The plaintiff’s claim against the defendant Is for:- (a) Declaration of title […]
Witt & Busch Limited V Hadji Sulu Alli-balogun (1963) LLJR-SC
Witt & Busch Limited V Hadji Sulu Alli-balogun (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR, F.J The plaintiff, who is the respondent in this appeal, sued the defendant Company claiming a declaration that the said Company had incurred a forfeiture of their lease dated the 15th August, 1951 in respect of the premises known as 63-69 […]
Jarmakani Trasnport Ltd V Alhaji Kalla (1963) LLJR-SC
Jarmakani Trasnport Ltd V Alhaji Kalla (1963) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, J.S.C It will be useful to begin the Court’s decision on this motion of the insurers with a preface of events.The Jarmakani Transport Ltd. (Jarmakanis for short) had a lorry which in mid-September, 1960 was responsible for an accident to a lorry owned […]
Alhaji Shittu Bamidele And Another Vs Adeyemi And Others (1963) LLJR-SC
Alhaji Shittu Bamidele And Another Vs Adeyemi And Others (1963) BAIRAMIAN.F.J In this appeal the defendants in the Ibadan Suit No. 1/288/61 complain of the judgment given on the 30th March, 1962, awarding damages to the plaintiffs, of whom two are described as wives and the others as children of Isiaka Adeyemi, on the ground […]
Johnson Ogu v. The Queen (1963) LLJR-SC
Johnson Ogu v. The Queen (1963) BRETT, F.J. The appellant was convicted on six counts for uttering, contrary to section 467 (3) (c) of the Criminal Code, or section 366 of the Penal Code, on four counts for stealing contrary to section 390 (6) of the Criminal Code, and on two counts for cheating contrary […]