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M.S Awolesi V. National Bank Of Nigeria Limited (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR, F.J TAYLOR, F.J The facts of this case have been sufficiently and clearly set out in the judgments which will be delivered by my Lords Unsworth, and Bairamian, F.J.J. The authorities to which our attention was drawn at the hearing of…
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Josiah Akinola & Anor V. Fatoyinbo Oluwo & Ors (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UNSWORTH, F.J This is an appeal against a decision of Irwin, J. dismissing the appellant’s claim for a declaration of title and damages for trespass. The case was first before the Ake Grade ‘A’ Native Court and was transferred to the…
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Alhaji A.w. Elias V. Olayemi Disu & Ors (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, F.J The appellant was the third of three defendants in an action brought by four members of the Disu Family of Lagos to set aside the sale and conveyance of a piece of family land by the first two defendants to…
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Director Of Public Prosecutions V. Michael Akozor (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UNSWORTH, F.J This is a reference by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Lagos under section 108 of the Constitution. The reference is in the following terms:- 1. On the 17th February, 1961, the Union Trading Company Limited brought a private…
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Adamo Gbolade Adeko V. Ijebu Ode District Council (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UNSWORTH, F.J This is an appeal from a decision by Charles, J., dismissing a claim by the appellant for £10,000 damages for wrongful dismissal. The facts are that in 1952 the appellant was appointed as Treasurer of the Ijebu-Ode District Council, and…
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Ayo Solanke Vs Abraham Abed & Anor (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UNSWORTH, F.J This is an appeal from a decision of Reed, J. in which he dismissed theappellant’s claim for damages for trespass by his landlord on thegrounds that the alleged tenancy agreement was null and void under s. Il of the Land and…
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Akinola Adaramaja V. Catherine Adaramaja (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR, F.J The appellant filed a petition in the Divorce Registry of the High Court of Ibadan seeking the exercise of the Court’s discretion in his favour by decreeing that the marriage solemnized between himself and the respondent on the 24th day of March, 1956…
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Chairman Of The Board Of Inland Revenue Vs Joseph Rezcallah & Sons Ltd (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UNSWORTH, F.J This is an appeal from a decision of the High Court of the Northern Region of Nigeria dismissing a claim by the chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue for a sum of £2,520, being…
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Daniel C. Daniels V. Shell Bp Petroleum Development Company Of Nigeria Ltd (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UNSWORTH, F.J This is an appeal from a judgment of the High Court of the Eastern Region dismissing a claim by the appellant for damages for alleged wrongful dismissal. The appellant was employed by the respondent company as…
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Azubike Ume & Ors V. Alfred Ezechi & Ors (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, F.J The defendant company has appealed from the judgment of Somolu, J., which awarded the plaintiff £907. The plaintiff had obtained on 20th April, 1957, a crown lease of a plot in Ibadan but with a condition that within two…