TUFU AKUBUEZE CHINEKWE & ORS VS CHIEF M. OGO IBEZIAKO
August 8, 2025SAMSON OKORUWA & ANOR VS THE STATE
August 8, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1975) Legalpedia (SC) 73411
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Thu May 1, 1975
Suit Number: SC. 193/1974
CORAM
S. O. UWAIFO, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
D. O. EDOZIE, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
ATANDA FATAYI-WILLIAMS JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
MRS. AJAYI-OBE APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The plaintiff brought an action challenging a sale or purported sale of her property to the defendant, which the defendant states have been adjudicated upon.
HELD
The Court allowed the appeal and set aside the judgment .
ISSUES
1. The learned Chief Justice should have upheld the plea of res judicata and dismissed the plaintiffs case.
RATIONES DECIDENDI
THE PRINCIPLE OF RES JUDICATA
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CASES CITED
1. Adebona v. Amao (1965) 1 All N.L.R. 370
2. R. v. Hartington Middle Quarter Inhabitants (1855) 4 E. &B. 780, at pp. 794 – 795
3. Hoystead v. The Taxation Commissioner (1926) AC 155
4. The High Court of Australia in Blair v. Kurran (1939) 62 CLR 464.
STATUTES REFERRED TO
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