WILSON UDO ADA V THE STATE
August 9, 2025JAMES NWOSU & ANOR V. ERIC ORDOR
August 9, 2025Legalpedia Citation: (1975) Legalpedia (SC) 75266
In the Supreme Court of Nigeria
Mon Jan 20, 1975
Suit Number: SC. 73/1974
CORAM
YEKINI OLAYIWOLA ADIO (Read the Leading Judgment), JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
OGUNDARE, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
SIR UDO UDOMA, JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT
PARTIES
WEMA BANK LIMITED APPELLANTS
RESPONDENTS
AREA(S) OF LAW
SUMMARY OF FACTS
The appellant Bank appealed against the judgment of the High Court, Lagos, awarding damages of some N700.00 against them for libellous publication concerning the plaintiff. The plaintiff who was at one time a debtor to the Bank, had before the date of the libellous publication, paid off all his indebtedness to the appellants.
HELD
The appeal was dismissed
ISSUES
To shift the liability for the publication from the appellants to the auctioneer to whom the appellants had entrusted the sale of the plaintiffs property and the publication of the libelous advertisement.
RATIONES DECIDENDI
DAMAGES FOR LIBELOUS PUBLICATION
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CASES CITED
NIL
STATUTES REFERRED TO
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