CORAM
S.M.A. BELGORE (PRESIDED) – JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
ADECENTRO (NIGERIA) LIMITED APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The Appellant as plaintiff sued the Respondent as defendant at the Ile Ife High Court claiming inter alia for declaration, damages for breach of contract. The Respondent counter claimed . The Court found in favour of the Respondent. The Appellant appealed to the Court of Appeal which dismissed the appeal. Hence this present appeal.
HELD
Appeal upheld in part
ISSUES
1. Whether the lower court was correct in upholding the learned trial judge’s decision that the appellant was not entitled to the extension of time sought? 2. Whether the appellant was, in the circumstance and having regard to the contract entitled to any sums of money due in consequence of the extension of 67weeks sought by it but which the respondent neither formally granted nor refused??
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CASES CITED
1. A.G Leventis (Nig) Ltd V. Akpu (2002). N.W.L.R. (747) 1822. Joseph V. Abubakar (2002) 5 N.W.L.R. (Pt. 759) 185 C.A3. Blackwood Hodge (Nig) Ltd V. Omun Const. Co. (2002) 1 2 N.W.L.R. (Pt 782) 523 C.A.
STATUTES REFERRED TO
NONE