SUNDAY KAJUBO VS THE STATE
July 18, 2025JUDE EZEOKE AND ORS VS MOSES NWAGBO AND OTHERS
July 18, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1988-03) Legalpedia 73713 (SC)
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Holden At Lagos
Fri Mar 11, 1988
Suit Number: SC 196/1986
CORAM
NNAMANI, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
OPUTA, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
WALI, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
UWAIS, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
CRAIG, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
OMORHIRHI
APPELLANTS
ENATEVWERE
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
Not Available
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The plaintiff’s claim against the defendants jointly and severally is for the sum of N20,000.00 (Twenty Thousand Naira) being special and general damages for the wrongful act of the defendants when on the 12th day of December 1981 at Okozi Village, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, the defendants trespassed on plaintiff’s farm without the consent and or authority of the plaintiff and indeed against his will and damaged his economic crops/trees to wit: cassava stems, sugarcane, okro, tomatoes and melon.
HELD
APPEAL DISMISSED
ISSUES
Not Available
RATIONES DECIDENDI
POWER OF THE SUPERIOR COURT TO DISMISSED AN APPEAL THAT LACKS MERRIT
CASES CITED
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STATUTES REFERRED TO
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