"Now, there is no doubt that in action for declaration for title to land such as this case, a plaintiff can only ordinarily succeed on the strength of his case...
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"Now, there is no doubt that in action for declaration for title to land such as this case, a plaintiff can only ordinarily succeed on the strength of his case...
"The transfer of ownership by Alhaji Danladi to the appellant and from the appellant to the respondent without the prior approval of the Governor did not make it void. Once...
"The totality of the evidence adduced by the respondent at the trial is in full support of his title to the property in dispute and this is in line with...
"As it is, this court developed the law further in (4) above, that is, the sale of family land by the head of the family as his own land is...
"Where, however, the head of a family alone sells family land without the consent of the principal members of such family, the sale is not void but prima facie voidable…...
"A sale of family land by a member of the family without the consent of the head and the principal members of the family is void ab initio."
"The thing to point out here is that a person putting forward the plea that he is a valuable purchaser for valuable consideration without notice almost invariably does so to...
"It is trite law that trespass to land is actionable at the suit of the person in possession of the land in dispute. Such a person in possession of land...
"Where both parties, as in the present case, had claimed to be in possession of land, the law ascribes lawful possession to the party with title or with a better...
"It cannot be disputed that exhibit 1 which was rightly admitted in evidence to prove payment of money by the 1st respondent to the radical title owners of the land...
"The respondents in the present case were in exclusive physical possession of the land in dispute and were using the same for agricultural purposes in a non-urban area or village...
