MOBIL OIL (NIG) LTD VS ABOLADE OLATUNDE COKER
August 9, 2025MICHAEL ATUANYA VS FABIAN ONYEJEKWE & ANOR
August 9, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1975) Legalpedia (SC) 41532
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Fri Mar 21, 1975
Suit Number: SC. 231/1974
CORAM
E.O. OGWUEGBU
SOWEMIMO JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
IBEKWE JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
FRANCIS UDO EKPEYONG & OTHERS OF THE AKPA APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The respondents brought this action against the appellant for trespass and injunction on their land relying on an earlier judgement of 1918.
HELD
The court held that the learned trial judge waswrong when he held that the weakness of a defendants case may be a source of strength of the case of Plaintiff.
ISSUES
That the learned trial Judge was wrong in his treatment of the 1918 case and Exhibit E, and that he was wrong about his statement of the applicable principle of law.
RATIONES DECIDENDI
GENERAL DAMAGES FOR TRESPASS
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CASES CITED
STATUTES REFERRED TO
