"A person is said to have locus standi if he has shown sufficient interest in the action and that his civil rights and obligations have been or are in danger...
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"(a) A party may by his statement of claim and evidence show that the right that is being asserted is that of his family by reason of say their hereditary...
"The law is that a person has the right to protect his family interest in a property or title and can sue for himself and on behalf of the family...
"But where the interest is not personal but belongs to the whole family as where a non-member of the family is said to be nominated to the chieftaincy the whole...
"The situation here is completely different from what gave rise to the decision and the principle therein laid down by this court in Momoh v. Olotu (supra) in regard to...
"The term 'locus standi' denotes the legal capacity to institute proceedings in a court of law and is used interchangeably with terms like 'standing' or 'title to sue'. It is...
"It is right to say that when an action has been instituted by representatives of a family or a Ruling House, either in land matters or chieftaincy matters as appropriate,...
"In ascertaining whether the plaintiff or the plaintiffs have standing to initiate the proceedings the statement of claim should be looked at."
"A receiver or manager of the property of a company appointed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of section 390 of this Act, may apply to the court...
"When a plaintiff had been found not to have a standing to sue, the question whether other issues in the case had been properly determined or not does not arise."
"For an action to lie in a representative capacity the following must exist:- (a) there must be a common interest; (b) there must be a common grievance; (c) the relief...
"Further, the plaintiffs or anyone of them can always sue to protect the family property including his own interest."
