An admission is a prior acknowledgment by a party that a material fact is not as now claimed. A statement of what a party was told…

Notwithstanding that the trial court failed or neglected to evaluate unchallenged and uncontradicted evidence, the Court of Appeal under section 16 had the power and duty…

When ownership passed to the plaintiff, what remained with the defendant was bare possession. That possession was to come to an end when the defendant procured…

The best evidence of incorporation is the production of the certificate of incorporation. Failure to prove incorporation by production of the certificate is fatal to the…

When evidence is unchallenged and uncontroverted, it may be accepted by the trial court for the purpose for which it is offered, provided the evidence itself…

To hold the plaintiff to an explanation about whether it or another party bought the generator first when the defendant did not plead a sale to…

It is not in consonance with the law to say that in every case where evidence is unchallenged, judgment must be given for the plaintiff. Unchallenged…

Even if evidence is unchallenged, the trial Judge is still expected to examine whether the unchallenged evidence was sufficient to establish the claims made by the…

A claim for detinue can succeed only if the plaintiff has established ownership in the goods, the subject matter of the alleged contract.

Where a party has been accorded a reasonable opportunity to be heard and fails or neglects to attend or boycotts the sitting without satisfactory explanation, that…

Averments in a pleading do not amount to evidence, which a court could rely upon.

Where a party deliberately refuses to obey a court order to file a defence, the court is entirely justified in granting judgment. Such disobedience would render…