Slee Transport Ltd V. Oladipo Oluwasegun & Anor (1973) LLJR-SC
Slee Transport Ltd V. Oladipo Oluwasegun & Anor (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report SOWEMIMO, J.S.C. The appeal in this case turns on three grounds; whether the Western State Court of Appeal could in the peculiar circumstances of the case substitute its own findings of facts on appeal from a court of first instance; (2) whether […]
Akpan Ikono & Anor Vs The State (1973) LLJR-SC
Akpan Ikono & Anor Vs The State (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report U. UDOMA, JSC. On 23rd November, 1972, we allowed this appeal and ordered the acquittal and discharge of the appellants and that they be forthwith released from prison custody. We now give our reasons for the order we then made. The appellants, Akpan […]
African Continental Bank Ltd Vs Jammal Steel Structures Ltd (1973) LLJR-SC
African Continental Bank Ltd Vs Jammal Steel Structures Ltd (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ELIAS, CJN. This is an appeal from the ruling of Adefarasin, J., in Suit No. LD/970/73 given in the High Court of Lagos State on October 25, 1973, in which he held, inter alia, that notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal […]
Jammal Steel Structures Ltd V. African Continental Bank Ltd (1973) LLJR-SC
Jammal Steel Structures Ltd V. African Continental Bank Ltd (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report O. ELIAS, C.J.N This is an appeal from the ruling of Adefarasin, J., in Suit No. LD/970/73 given in the High Court of Lagos State on October 25, 1973, in which he held, inter alia, that notwithstanding the provisions of the […]
African Newspapers of Nigeria Limited v. F. C. O. Coker (1973) LLJR-SC
African Newspapers of Nigeria Limited v. F. C. O. Coker (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UDOMA, J.S.C. This is an appeal by the defendants in a libel suit wherein judgment was entered for the plaintiff therein. The appeal is against the judgment of the High Court of Lagos State in suit No. LD/90/69 in which […]
Clement Omoniyi V. The State (1973) LLJR-SC
Clement Omoniyi V. The State (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report S. SOWEMIMO, J.S.C This is an appeal against the judgment of the Western State Court of Appeal in Appeal No. CAW/134/70, which upheld the judgment of the High Court, Ondo, in Charge No. HOD/3c/70. The appellant, then accused, was charged with the murder of his […]
Federal Administrator–General & Ors Vs Paul William Cardoso & Ors (1973) LLJR-SC
Federal Administrator–General & Ors Vs Paul William Cardoso & Ors (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ELIAS, CJN This is an appeal from the judgment of Somolu, J., delivered at the Ikeja High Court on July 4th, 1966, in which the plaintiffs sought the following remedies: “(a) A declaration that the equity of redemption of the […]
Tika-tore Press Limited Vs Ajibade Abina & Ors (1973) LLJR-SC
Tika-tore Press Limited Vs Ajibade Abina & Ors (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, J.S.C. In Suit No. LD/546/68 commenced in the Lagos High Court, the plaintiffs claimed against the defendants “the sum of 2,143pounds:6:11d being balance of monies due and payable by the estate of Monsuru Badaru Abina deceased in respect of the said […]
Ukpe Orewere & Ors. V. Rev. Moses Abiegbe & Ors. (1973) LLJR-SC
Ukpe Orewere & Ors. V. Rev. Moses Abiegbe & Ors. (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report O. ELIAS, C.J.N. This is an application by way of Motion of Notice under Order 7 rules 3 and 37 for an order of this Court for leave to appeal against the decision of the High Court of Justice, Mid-Western […]
Dana Shuwa V. The State (1973) LLJR-SC
Dana Shuwa V. The State (1973) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report B. A. COKER, J.S.C. We are not in any doubt about the conclusions drawn by the learned trial Judge from the undisputable facts of this case. For reasons best known to the appellant, he waylaid the wife, now deceased, on a village road on 11th […]