Chief Victor Woluchem And Ors V. Chief Simon Gudi And Ors (1981) LLJR-SC
Chief Victor Woluchem And Ors V. Chief Simon Gudi And Ors (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report NNAMANI, J.S.C. The appellants (who were plaintiffs in the High Court) in 1966 filed a suit in the Port Harcourt Judicial Division of the High Court of Eastern Nigeria against the respondents (defendants in the said High Court) claiming […]
Matthew UBA V. The State (1981) LLJR-SC
Matthew UBA V. The State (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. IRIKEFE, J.S.C. The facts in this case are cold. The learned trial Judge in a very well written judgment dealt with extreme care with the evidence tendered by the prosecution as well as the appellant. He accepted the evidence of P.W. 1 who deposed […]
Onisuru Owhovoriole V. The State (1981) LLJR-SC
Onisuru Owhovoriole V. The State (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report S. SOWEMIMO, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is a case in which the appellant murdered a school girl in revenge for her own child that died earlier. There is no merit whatsoever in her defence. The appeal is hereby dismissed. C. IDIGBE, J.S.C.: I […]
Senator Abraham Ade Adesanya V. President Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria & Anor. (1981) LLJR-SC
Senator Abraham Ade Adesanya V. President Of The Federal Republic Of Nigeria & Anor. (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report FATAYI-WILLIAMS, C.J.N. The plaintiff, now appellant, is a member of the Senate of the National Assembly. The first defendant, now first respondent, is the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Under the 1979 Constitution of […]
Alhaji Raji Oduola & Ors V. John Gbadebo Coker & Anor (1981) LLJR-SC
Alhaji Raji Oduola & Ors V. John Gbadebo Coker & Anor (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. IRIKEFE, J.S.C. This case has had a rather interesting history. The original plaintiffs, who are technically no longer interested in the case, took out the writ which commenced this action on 3rd March, 1969. The said plaintiffs, namely […]
Helton I. Orobator V. Mrs. Mercy Amata (1981) LLJR-SC
Helton I. Orobator V. Mrs. Mercy Amata (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report S. SOWEMIMO, J.S.C. There is no substance in this application. The appeal is hereby dismissed since no brief was filed. The record of appeal has been with the appellant’s Solicitor since March, 1981 and nothing has been done till this morning. As stated […]
American International Insurance V. Ceekay Traders Ltd (1981) LLJR-SC
American International Insurance V. Ceekay Traders Ltd (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report L. UWAIS, J.S.C. An action was filed in the Federal High Court, Lagos, by Ceekay Traders Limited (Respondents) against the American International Insurance Co. (Appellants) in which the Respondents claimed the sum of ) N2,742,318.00 as indemnity under a marine insurance policy covering […]
Oluwatoyin Sobakin V. The State (1981) LLJR-SC
Oluwatoyin Sobakin V. The State (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report G. IRIKEFE, J.S.C. The facts of this case are reprehensible. The appellant had earlier on, on the fateful evening, had an altercation and a fight with the deceased’s sister, who, as the evidence shows, had been a girl friend of the appellant. On being separated […]
Vincent I. Bello V. Magnus A. Eweka (1981) LLJR-SC
Vincent I. Bello V. Magnus A. Eweka (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ESO, J.S.C. In the High Court of Bendel State, holden at Benin City, the Plaintiff had, in a writ of summons, claimed- “(a) A declaration of title of ownership in fee simple of all that piece or parcel of land at Ward A […]
Chief Iro Ogbu & Ors V. Chief Ogburu Urum & Anor (1981) LLJR-SC
Chief Iro Ogbu & Ors V. Chief Ogburu Urum & Anor (1981) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report O. OBASEKI, J.S.C. My Lords, The applicants’ counsel has moved this Court in terms of his motion on notice for an order. “(1)That this appeal be re-entered; and (2) For the enlargement of time within which to file and […]