A court ought to confine itself to the questions raised by the parties to the exclusion of other questions. It is erroneous for a trial Judge…

When evaluation of evidence does not involve the credibility of witnesses but the complaint is against the non-evaluation or improper evaluation of evidence by the trial…

In a land dispute that a mere mention of names without more is not enough for identification of land.

In a land dispute the boundaries of the land in dispute must be proved with certainty, such that a surveyor, taking the record, could produce a…

No map, plan or diagram of land, if prepared after the 20th October, 1897 shall, save for good cause shown to the court, be admitted in…

The court cannot give a judgment against a person who will be affected by its decision if such person is not made a party or has…

Once a document is tendered during proceedings and declared inadmissible by the trial Judge it should be marked 'Tendered and Rejected'. The rejected document must be…

This court will not consider an issue which was not raised at the court below and no leave of this court was sought before the issue…

Assuming without conceding that the respondents were not in physical possession of the disputed land, since the respondents have been shown to have a better title…

The law is well settled that the party claiming land is not bound to plead and prove more than one root of title to succeed. If…

Where, however, the traditional histories put out by one of the parties is so intrinsically conflicting that a reasonable tribunal would not place credence on it,…

It is not the law that once there are conflicts in the traditional histories adduced, the court must promptly declare them inconclusive and thereupon proceed to…