Seismograph Service (Nig) Ltd V. Chief Keke Ogbenegweke Eyuafe (1976) LLJR-SC
Seismograph Service (Nig) Ltd V. Chief Keke Ogbenegweke Eyuafe (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IDIGBE, JSC. This appeal is from the judgment of the High Court of the former Midwestern State holden at Sapele in Suit S/9/70 awarding in favour of the respondent the sum of £430 (N860.00) as damages in a claim by the […]
Nnanyelugo Samuel O. Ebosie V. Joseph Phil-ebosie & Ors (1976) LLJR-SC
Nnanyelugo Samuel O. Ebosie V. Joseph Phil-ebosie & Ors (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OBASEKI, AG. JSC. In the High Court of Justice of the former East-Central State holden at Onitsha the plaintiffs/respondents took out against the defendant/appellant a writ of summons claiming:- (i) A declaration that the two pieces or parcels of land situate […]
D.O. Idundun V. Daniel Okumagba (1976) LLJR-SC
D.O. Idundun V. Daniel Okumagba (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, JSC In Suit No. W/48/1968 commenced in the High Court of the Mid-Western State sitting in Warri the plaintiffs claimed against the defendants jointly and severally: PAGE| 2 “1. A declaration that in accordance with Itsekiri Customary Law, all that piece or parcel of […]
Sunday Onungwa V. The State (1976) LLJR-SC
Sunday Onungwa V. The State (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IDIGBE, J.S.C. The appellant was on the 25th day of March, 1975 convicted by Umezinwa, J. in the High Court of East Central State holden at Aba of, and sentenced to death for, the offence of murder of one Egwuruanya Okonko at Mgbokonta Amuzu village […]
Onosiaherhovwe Ekeri & Anor V. Edo Kimisede & Ors (1976) LLJR-SC
Onosiaherhovwe Ekeri & Anor V. Edo Kimisede & Ors (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BELLO, JSC This appeal relates to two actions which were consolidated and tried together in the High Court, Ughelli. The first action was Suit No. UHC/40/69 filed in the Ughelli High Court in which the members of Ikrisuovwa family, who were […]
Obaji Aga V. The State (1976) LLJR-SC
Obaji Aga V. The State (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report IDIGBE, J.S.C. We now give our reasons for dismissing this appeal on 6th May, 1976. The Appellant was on 7th May, 1975, in the High Court of the former East Central State holden at Abakaliki (Amadi-Obi. J), convicted of the murder of Oma Etteh (f) […]
Joe Iga & Ors V. Chief Ezekiel Amakiri & Ors (1976) LLJR-SC
Joe Iga & Ors V. Chief Ezekiel Amakiri & Ors (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report OBASEKI, AG. JSC This appeal by the defendants in the court below is against the judgment of Allagoa, J. (as he then was), delivered in the High Court of the Rivers State at Port Harcourt on the 9th day of July, 1973, […]
Wilson Etiti & Anor V. Peter Eze Obibi (1976) LLJR-SC
Wilson Etiti & Anor V. Peter Eze Obibi (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report S. SOWEMIMO, J.S.C. The appellant and the respondent in this appeal were the defendant and plaintiff respectively in the lower court in a suit which the plaintiff, representing the Ogbuji family, claimed declaration of title to a portion of land known and […]
Idi Fagge V. The State (1976) LLJR-SC
Idi Fagge V. The State (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BELLO, J.S.C. We allowed this appeal on 16th March, 1976, set aside the conviction and sentence of the appellant and ordered that he should be acquitted and discharged. The charge upon which the High Court of Kano State convicted the appellant and sentenced him to […]
Adekunle Ojora V. S. A. O. Bakare (1976) LLJR-SC
Adekunle Ojora V. S. A. O. Bakare (1976) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report MADARIKAN, JSC The present applicant was the defendant in Suit No. IK/19/69 in the Lagos High Court where Adebiyi, J., entered a judgment of non-suit against the plaintiff on the 15th of March, 1971. Being dissatisfied with the said judgment, the plaintiff filed […]