On the expiration of the period fixed by the Limitation Law for any person to bring an action to recover land, the title of that person…

Under the Limitation Law of Lagos State, knowledge on the part of the true owner is not a condition precedent for the running of limitation. The…

Where land ceases to be in adverse possession before the limitation period expires, the right of action to recover the land shall no longer be deemed…

Trespass is an unwarranted or unjustifiable entry upon land in possession of another. It does not depend on the intention of the trespasser, nor can ignorance…

Where two parties trace title to the same land to the same grantor, the party who first obtained a valid grant has priority. The grantor, having…

Where a right of occupancy (statutory or customary) is already vested, a later grant under section 5(1) cannot, by operation of section 5(2), extinguish the earlier…

The rights envisaged in section 5(2) of the Land Use Act are not rights of occupancy but merely rights to use or occupy the land, such…

The Governor's power to revoke a right of occupancy must be exercised for overriding public interest or for public purposes as prescribed by section 28 of…

To rely on traditional history, a party must plead the name of the ancestor who founded the land, the names of those after him to whom…

A party asserting entitlement to ishakole must plead the nature of the ishakole before leading evidence. Ishakole may be in kind (farm produce) or money, or…

A plaintiff who relies on traditional history must plead that history properly and lead evidence on it. The history may succeed on its merits when there…

A ground of appeal complaining of misdirection in law and on the facts does not ipso facto make the ground incompetent. It raises a ground of…