"A party who seeks title to land and relied on traditional history must, to succeed, plead and prove facts as to: (a) who founded the land; (b) how the land...
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"Traditional evidence is evidence beyond living memory. […] It is not every story which touches on the land in dispute that can be categorized as traditional evidence. The story about...
"A party who acknowledges the title of his opponent to a parcel of land must prove how that opponent has been divested of title wholly or partially of the ownership...
"To place the burden of proof wrongly on a party will usually lead to a miscarriage of justice."
"In the instant case, though not family land, the plaintiffs who are claiming to own communally with the defendants the land in dispute which land they acknowledge to be in...
"It is therefore not enough to prove that a person by certain name has been convicted. For this to be relevant to the plaintiff's case, that person must specifically be...
"A document may be inadmissible but the parties in the case can consent to its being admitted. Once this has happened none of the parties will be allowed to resile...
"It is the duty of the plaintiff to prove his case and not the duty of the defendant to disprove the plaintiff's case. That is the essence of section 137...
"Like the learned Judge, I expected the appellant to call any of the kingmakers who appointed him as the traditional ruler. Unfortunately, he gave evidence for himself and did not...
"Where the evidence against two accused persons in a criminal case is in all material respect the same and a doubt is resolved by the trial Judge in favour of...
"Apart from the exception stated supra in relation to admission of facts in a statement of claim for the purposes of proceedings for judgment in default of pleadings, there is...
"A written confession of an accused person is relevant and should not be discarded or ignored simply because the accused had later retracted it or resiled from that voluntary statement....