"The power, under the law, to suspend or depose a traditional ruler rests with the Governor of the State... Section 10 deals with the power of the governor... to 'suspend...
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"A claim for damages and injunction against further trespass postulates that the plaintiffs are either the owner of the land in dispute or in exclusive possession of the said land....
"It is a fundamental rule of law that the court will grant an injunction only to support or protect a legal right. If the applicant has no legal right recognised...
"Where there are two competing histories relating to land in dispute `and it is difficult to determine which is more probable, resort to the demeanour of the parties and their...
"An order for retrial is ordered inter alia where a trial Judge fails to take advantage of his seeing and hearing the witnesses, notwithstanding that the record showed there to...
"Where a trial court has made improper use of the opportunity of seeing and hearing the witnesses i.e., where the finding of the lower court is not supported by the...
"The purpose of joining a particular person as a party is to ensure that that person is bound by the result of the action. That is the only way in...
"The said oral evidence on the rate of interest offends section 132(1) of the Evidence Act Cap. 112 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990 which provides: 'When any judgment...
"Whether in a given case it is reasonable to infer an agreement between the parties who have engaged in negotiation depends on whether there has been an offer which has...
"Where the parties to an agreement have set out the terms thereof in a written document, extrinsic evidence is not admissible to add to, vary, subtract from or contradict the...
"Where, as in the instant appeal, a Bank lends money to its customer on an agreement that the rate of interest thereon shall accrue 'at the rate from time to...
"When a document is clear, the operative words in it should be given their simple and ordinary grammatical meaning. Further, the general rule is that when the words of any...