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Olubunmi Cole And 2 Ors Vs P. A. Akinyele And 2 Ors (1960) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report BRETT, F.J This is an appeal by the plaintiffs, who sued by their mother as next friend, against the judgment of Kaine, Ag. J., in the High Court of Lagos, dismissing their claim for a declaration that they…
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Cigari Shehu Vs J. B. Ogedengbe (1960) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report BAIRAMIAN, FJ This is an appeal from the judgment given by the High Court of the Northern Region on the 9th March, 1960, which dismissed the appeal from the decision on the 20th November, 1959, of a Magistrate convicting the appellant of an offence…
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S. A. Yerokun Vs K. Adeleke (1960) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report BRETT, F.J This is an appeal from the decision of the High Court of the Western Region given on an election petition. The appellant, S.A. Yerokun, was the respondent in the court below, and the respondent in this court, Mr. Adeleke, was the petitioner…
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Josephine Okoli V. Okolo Nwagu (1960) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report ADEMOLA, CJF This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a claim for damages under the Fatal Acci-dents Acts 1846-1864. The appellant is the widow and administratrix of the deceased, Ezekiel Okoli, who was knocked down and killed by a lorry driven by the respondent’s…
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Joseph Adeniji Ogunro And 3 Ors V. Christiana Ajke Ogedengbe And Anor (1960) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report HUBBARD, F.J This is an appeal against an order made by the High Court of Lagos upon an originating summons. The summons was issued by (1) Christiana Ajoke Ogedengbe (nee Ogunro) and (2) Benjamin Kayode Ogunro. The respondents…
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Oladega Odutola Vs Joseph O. Akande (1960) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report ABBOTT, C.J.F. This is an appeal from the High Court of Lagos sitting in its appellate jurisdiction. The proceedings began with an application to the Registrar of Titles by the present appellant for the registration of himself as owner of certain freehold property at…
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Emmanuel Ekwuno And 18 Ors Vs Ifejika And Anor (1960) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report HUBBARD, Ag. F.J The seventeen appellants appeal against a judgment of the High Court of the Eastern Region sitting at Onitsha, by which the two respondents were granted a declaration of title to a piece of land at Onitsha. In the…
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Babatunde Jemi Alade Vs Lawani Aborishade (1960) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report ABBOTT, F.J This is an appeal by the plaintiff against the decision of the Western Region High Court sitting at Ikeja, refusing him a Declaration of Title to certain land at Idi Araba in Ikeja District. Mr. Dingle Foot, Q.C. and Mr. V.O. Munis…
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The Queen Vs Mattew Moses (1960) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report ADEMOLA, CJF The appellant has appealed against the conviction and sentence of death passed upon him by Morgan, J., on the 21st June, 1960, at Ward in the High Court of the Western Region. The circumstances leading up to the death of the deceased are…
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The Queen Vs Adiaha Nwa Ikpe (1960) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgement Report TAYLOR, F.J The appellant was convicted of murder contrary to s.319 of the Criminal Code at the trial held in the High Court of the Calabar Judicial Division and from that conviction she has appealed to this Court. At the hearing of the appeal…