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ADEYEMI & ORS.
V.
OPEYORI

(1976) JELR 42467 (SC)

Supreme Court 8 Oct 1976 Nigeria
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- This is an appeal from the judgment of the Western State Court of Appeal dismissing an appeal from the High Court of the former Western State of Nigeria. - The appellants' claims in Suit HIL/7/71 were struck out for want of jurisdiction.

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Suit Number:SC.454/74
Judges:SIR DARNLEY A.R. ALEXANDER CJN AYO G. IRIKEFE JSC CHUKWUNWEIKE IDIGBE JSC
Counsel:Bola Ige For the Appellant; E.A. Adelekun For the Respondent.
Other Citations:ADEYEMI & ORS. v. OPEYORI (1976) 9-10 S.C. (REPRINT) 18

IDIGBE, J.S.C (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is from the judgment of the Western State Court of Appeal (Eso and Ogunkeye, JJ.A; Akinkugbe, J.A. dissenting) dismissing an appeal from the judgment of the High Court of the former Western State of Nigeria holden at Oshogbo whereby the appellants' claims in Suit HIL/7/71 were struck out for want of jurisdiction. The claims are for:

"(1) declaration of title to that piece or parcel of farmland situate, lying and being at Odo-Omo, Esa-Oke, Ijesha North Division, bounded on one side by Obaloro's farmland, on the second side by Oshikun's farmland, on the third side by Esa-Odo's people's farmland and on the fourth side by Orisaji's farmland;

(2) 300 Pounds as damages for wrongful trespass committed by the defendant who has been wrongfully entering the said farmland and with his agents and/or servants have been wrongfully reaping crops from the said farmland since 1962; and

(3) injunction restraining the defendant, his servants a…

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