CORAM
WALTER SAMUEL NKANU ONNOGHEN
UWAIS, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
COKER, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
KARIBI-WHYTE, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
KAWU, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
DR. JOSEPH C. OKOYE (Carrying on business as Oskol Steel Construction Co.) APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The Appellant as plaintiff had claimed against the present respondents as defendants jointly for a declaration of land known lying at Choba Ikwerre in the Rivers State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, N500, 000.00 (five hundred thousand naira) general damages for the acts of trespass committed by the defendants on the said land without the leave or licence of the plaintiff, perpetual injunction restraining the defendants by themselves, by their servants and agents or otherwise from committing further acts of trespass on the said land.
HELD
APPEAL DISMISSED
ISSUES
None
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE NON-REGISTRATION OF NON REGISTRABLE INSTRUMENT RENDERS THE INSTRUMENT INADMISSIBLE IN EVIDENCE
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