Principle Archive

Since section 7(1) has only transferred to the defendant Ekiti State, the property/and chattels etc, as provided in that section, and has not mentioned the plaintiff…

Where a plaintiff has produced evidence in support of his case which prima facie will entitle him to judgment, the defendant will need to lead some…

If the land in dispute was family property of Laamo, it could only be sold by the Mogaji with the concurrence of the principal members of…

A trial Judge has a primary duty to receive admissible evidence, assess the same, give it probative value and make specific findings of fact thereon. When…

It is also trite law that parties are bound by their pleadings and any evidence which is at variance with the averments in the pleadings goes…

S.12 of the law did not give the respondent the total right to sue but only 'to endeavour to recover the amount outstanding' at first instance.…

Since section 15 was ignored by the respondent, the action brought at its instance must perforce be incompetent and unmaintainable against the appellant. The issue of…

The court is to decide on cases legally placed before it. This is an incompetent action and the court ought not to have welcomed the suit,…

By section 15 of Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund Act, Cap. 13 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990, all legal proceedings of civil nature arising…

Declaration of title to such land to prove the said identity as that fact is not an issue for determination between the parties in the suit.

Long possession cannot found a claim of declaration of title to land, damages for trespass and perpetual injunction against the true owner of title to such…

The land in dispute having been deemed granted to the appellant by the operation of law by the Konduga Local Government as from the 29th March,…