In an action for declaration of title to land, a plaintiff can only succeed on the strength of his own case and may not rely on…

Even where inadmissible evidence is admitted, the trial Judge or appellate court should reject the evidence and, after expunging it, consider if there is any remaining…

There are two categories of inadmissible evidence. Evidence absolutely inadmissible in law is not within the competence of parties to admit by consent. The second class…

Issues for determination must fall within the scope or ambit of the grounds of appeal. Any issue for determination falling outside the ambit or scope of…

The transfer of ownership without prior Governor's approval did not make it void. Once the documents, Certificate of Occupancy, and sale agreement were taken to the…

The totality of the evidence adduced by the respondent at the trial is in full support of his title to the property in dispute, in line…

Where evidence is given by a party and is not contradicted by the other party who has the opportunity to do so, and such evidence is…

Evaluation of evidence is primarily the function of the trial Judge. Interference by an appellate court occurs only where the trial court fails to evaluate such…

Where counsel for a party decides to throw in the towel on the reasoning that the case put forward is manifestly weak and nigh useless, and…

Nothing has been established to show that the concurrent findings are perverse, unsupported by evidence, arrived at by a wrong approach to evidence, or by wrong…

This court developed the law that the sale of family land by the head of the family as his own land is void. This principle applies…

In the evidential scene in the context of probative value, it is not the number of witnesses that matter but the quality of the evidence given.…