PANALPINA WORLD TRANSPORT (NIGERIA) LIMITED V M.T. WARIBOKO
August 9, 2025JOB IKE & ORS VS PATRICK NZEKWE & ORS
August 9, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1975) Legalpedia (SC) 21019
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
HOLDEN AT ENUGU
Mon Feb 10, 1975
Suit Number: SC. 281/1974
CORAM
TASLIM O. ELIAS, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
GEORGE S. SOWEMIMO, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
DANIEL O. IBEKWE, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
VICTORIA ANISIUBU APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The plaintiff brought a motion, supported by an affidavit, on November 30, 1971, for an interim injunction to restrain the defendant from alienating the property in dispute consisting of two stores and three shops at No. 4 Market Road, Onitsha, and from reconstructing the house.
HELD
The Court allowed the appeal and set aside the judgment of Oputa, J., dismissing the plaintiffs claim and we also set aside the order as to costs.
ISSUES
Whether the learned trial judge erred when he made the order of dismissal
RATIONES DECIDENDI
DERELICTION OF DUTY ON THE PART OF COUNSEL
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CASES CITED
Solanke v. Ajibola (1968) 1 All NLR 46
Jones v. S.R. Anthracite Collieries Limited (1921) 124 LTR 462
Egerton v. Jones (1939) 3 All ER 889
STATUTES REFERRED TO
