CORAM
UWAIS, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
BELGORE, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
WALI, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
KUTIGI, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
OGUNDARE, JUSTICE SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
TUNDE OSHUNRINDEABUDU SEIDUMOMODU GBADAMOSI (deceased) RASHIDI ASHIMIFASASI OSHOADE ONIKOTUNALADE MOFIUYEKINI ALABA ONIKOTUN (deceased) MUSTAPHA KAMIYOSIÂ APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The Plaintiffs sought an order declaring null and void the power of attorney and lease entered into with the Defendant. They also sought the sum of N50,000.00 being damages for trespass committed by the 1st defendant his servants agents and privies on all that piece of land in dispute.?
HELD
The Supreme Court held that as the other members of the family must have stood by and watched other members fight their case for them. They are, therefore, estopped by conduct or by standing by from denying that the Respondent was the head of their family.?
ISSUES
The validity of the power and the subsequent lease to the 1st defendant?
RATIONES DECIDENDI
CASES CITED
Shonekan v. Smith (1964)1 All NLR. 168Ogundairo & Ors. v. Okanlawon & Ors. (1963)1 All NLR. 358 (1963) 2 SCNLR?
STATUTES REFERRED TO
None