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Joseph Oguntokun V. Amodu Rufai (1945) LJR-WACA

Joseph Oguntokun V. Amodu Rufai (1945) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Claim for a declaration of title to land—Ploadings—Title under Certificate of Purchase not pleaded by Plaintiff—Court below held that Statement of Claim revealed no cause of action—No application by Defendant for particulars after Counsel for Plaintiff had stated to […]

Isaac Adepoju Of Prestea V. Bniwa Of Prestea & Ors (1945) LJR-WACA

Isaac Adepoju Of Prestea V. Bniwa Of Prestea & Ors (1945) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Courts (Amendment) Ordinance, 1944—Exclusive jurisdiction in Land Court in causes or matters relating to ownership, possession of occupation of land between (1) natives, (2) natives and non-natives, (3) non-natives—Whether or not jurisdiction in land […]

Commissioner Of Police V. Senedju Djadjagonoh & Ors (1945) LJR-WACA

Commissioner Of Police V. Senedju Djadjagonoh & Ors (1945) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Unlawful assembly contrary to Section 342 of the Criminal Code—Convictions by District Magistrate upheld by Divisional CourtAppeal—No evidence that accused assembled to commit an offence—The English law of unlawful assembly distinguished from relative provision in Criminal […]