Principle Archive

Time begins to run for filing an action when the cause of action arose: when there exists a person who can sue and another who can…

Where the issue of priority of interest arises and the grant relates to the same parcel of land, then the first in time takes priority.

The respondent can take advantage of the weakness of appellant's case since it goes to strengthen his (respondent's) case.

Production of a survey plan showing the extent and boundaries of land in dispute is one way to prove boundaries. A plan is not a sine…

The procedure for acquisition of title to land under Bini customary law requires: (a) The Oba of Benin as competent authority and trustee; (b) application to…

Assuming without conceding that exhibit 'E' was wrongly admitted, such wrongful admission did not occasion a miscarriage of justice to warrant disturbing the concurrent decisions of…

The wrongful admission of evidence shall not of itself be a ground for reversal of any decision where it appears that the evidence admitted cannot reasonably…

Where findings relate to demeanour of witnesses and ascribing weight to them, it is within the exclusive preserve of the trial court, with which no appellate…

For contradictions to change the fortunes of an appeal, they must be material, not peripheral. Human beings, not being machines, may have little differences when giving…

Proof in a civil case is on the balance of probability or on the preponderance of evidence. Judgment is given to the party that the evidence…

Nothing in this section shall render admissible as evidence any statement made by a person interested at a time when proceedings were pending or anticipated involving…

The respondent promptly warned the appellant to stop his trespass, but the appellant ignored the warning and continued with his building unabated. The respondent is not…