AJONYE
V.
NWACHUKWU

(2011) JELR 46038 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/A/274/2008 · 10 Feb 2011 · Nigeria

CORAM

MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria PAUL ADAMU GALINJE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria JIMI OLUKAYODE BADA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria

Core Terms ^Beta

appellant

high court

plaintiff

appeal

learned counsel

statement of defence

statement of claim

claim

sum of n220,000.00

brief of argument

learned trial judge

sum of n220,000

favour of the respondent

issues

sum of n650,000.00

material facts

part of the amount

portion of the high court judgment

record of the appeal

sum of n650,000

exhibit c

judgment of the high court

less n70,000.00

notice of appeal

abubakar v. inec

african newspapers of nigeria ltd.

appellants brief of argument

cases of onu v. odu

cases of state v. aigbangbee

court of appeal rules

court order

decision of the f.c.t. high court

evidence of the defendant

following issues

grounds of appeal

leading judgment

paid prices

printed record of appear

provisions of order

record of the judgment of the high court shows

requests of the defendant und

respect of any such transaction

respect of the appeal

said date

speculative contradictory

such admissions

testimonies of dw1

use exhibit

various measures of meat

weight of evidence

MOHAMMED LAWAL GARBA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is from the decision of the F.C.T. High Court, (to be called High court after now) in Suit No. FHC/HC/CV/820/2000 contained in a judgment delivered on the 14/6/05. The judgment was entered in favour of the Respondent as plaintiff in High court and being dissatisfied with it, the Appellant caused a notice of appeal dated the 13/9/05 to be filed on the same date against same. The notice of appeal is at pages 229-233 of the printed record of appear and contains four (4) grounds of the dissatisfaction by the Appellant against the judgment which are as follows; without their particulars:-

'GROUNDS OF APPEAL

(1) The judgment is against the weight of evidence.

(2) The learned trial Judge erred in law when he awarded the sum of N650,000.00 (Six hundred and fifty thousand Naira) to the Respondent whereas the pleadings and evidence of the Defendant (Appellant herein) which specifically traversed the claim for it was sus…

AJONYE V. NWACHUKWU

AJONYE
V.
NWACHUKWU