Meridien Trade Corporation Limited V. Metal Construction (W.A.) Limited (1998) LLJR-SC

Meridien Trade Corporation Limited V. Metal Construction (W.A.) Limited (1998) LAWGLOBAL HUB Lead Judgment Report OGUNDARE, J.S.C.  The Plaintiff (now Respondent) had claimed from the Defendant (now Appellant) as hereunder: ” …..the sum of N95,220.15 being the price of steel sold to the defendants by the plaintiffs at the defendants’ request together with interest at […]

H. N. O. Abbey & Anor V S. K. Ollenu (1954) LLJR-WACA

H. N. O. Abbey & Anor V S. K. Ollenu (1954) LawGlobal Hub Lead Judgment Report – West Africa Court of Appeal Fraud—Acquiescence amounting to fraud. Estoppel—Purchaser not a party in later litigation—Owner standing by. Facts One I.F. sold and conveyed land to the respondent, who later built on the land in ignorance of the […]

Attorney-General v. John Hannah Khoury (1953) LLJR-WACA

Attorney-General v. John Hannah Khoury (1953) LawGlobal Hub Lead Judgment Report – West Africa Court of Appeal Minerals Ordinance, Chapter 114—Sections 60 and 61—Possession of mineral— Onus to prove lawful possession. Facts The Minerals Ordinance, section 60, provides that no person (with exceptions not relevant here) shall possess any mineral (which by definition in section […]