Albert E. Nwobu & Anor V. Commissioner Of Police (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, F.J  The appellants, who were employees of the West African Airways Corporation at Kano, were convicted on summary trial by consent, the first of stealing a box of gold worth about £7,000 from an aeroplane in transit, and the second…

Lawal Adisa Yusuf Shitta-bey V. Chairman, Lagos Executive Devt. Board (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, F.J The contest between the appellants (hereafter called the second Claimants) and the second respondents (hereafter called the first Claimants) relates to the compensation payable for No. 41/43 Martins Street, Lagos, which was acquired by the Chairman, Lagos Executive…

Laibru Limited V. Building & Civil Engineering Contractors (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, F.J The appellant company complains that the learned Judge (Onyeama, J., on the 28th October, 1960, in the High Court of Lagos suit 60 of 1960), having found in favour of the claim on the merits, erred in dismissing it on…

Hon. S.L. Akintola V. Sir Adesoji Aderemi & Anor (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.JF ON the 21st day of May, 1962, the above-named plaintiff filed an action in the High Court at Ibadan in Western Nigeria against the 1st defendant claiming as follows:- (i) A Declaration that there is no right in the…

S.W. Ubani-ukoma V. G.E. Nicol (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report TAYLOR, F.J The plaintiff/appellant was the successful party at the trial in the High Court of Lagos on a claim for £3,032-15s-0d being general and special damages suffered by him as a result of the negligent driving by the defendant/respondent which brought about a collision…

The Queen V. L.V. Ezechi (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report UNSWORTH, F.J This is an appeal from a decision by H.S. Palmer, J., convicting the appellant of an offence of obtaining the sum of £30 as bribe contrary to the provisions of section 38(A) (2) of the Eastern Region Local Government Law, 1955. This section…

The Queen V. Elemi Eja Esege & Ors (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BRETT, F.J  The appellants were convicted on two counts, one of which charged a conspiracy contrary to s. 422 of the Criminal Code and the other a conspiracy contrary to s. 518(6) of the Code. The appeal was heard on the 21st…

Odumuyiwa Ashekoya V. Ganiyu Jaieola Olawunmi (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, CJF  This matter originated in the Magistrate Court, Ijebu Ode where the present appellant was the complainant in a chieftaincy matter an at his instance the defendant/respondent was prosecuted for an offence under Section 17(1) of the chiefs Law 1957 (Western Region) in…

The Queen V. The Governor-in-council, Western Region (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report BAIRAMIAN, FJ This appeal is an effort to persuade the court that, in spite of the embargo in the laws of the Western Region, Kester, J., did wrong (on the 18th July, 1960, in suit M/46/59) when he refused an order of certiorari…

Ebun Omoregie V. Breitenburger Portland Cement Fabrik (1962) LawGlobal-Hub Lead Judgment Report ADEMOLA, C.J.F In the High Court of Lagos the Plaintiffs/Respondents claimed from the Defendant/Appellant the sum of £36,645-12s-6d, being value of goods which the Plaintiffs said they delivered to the Appellant for sale as their agent between April and August, 1957. In the…