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AKPASUBI
V.
UMWENI

(1982) JELR 46401 (SC)

Supreme Court 19 Nov 1982 Nigeria
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Suit Number:SC.9/1982
Judges:AYO GABRIEL IRIKEFE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria MOHAMMED BELLO Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria KAYODE ESO Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria AUGUSTINE NNAMANI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria MUHAMMADU LAWAL UWAIS Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
Counsel:A. Eghobamien For Appellant Chief C. J. Akere For Respondent
Other Citations:(1982) All N.L.R 322 Akpasubi v. Umweni (1982) 11 S.C. 55

KAYODE ESO, J.S.C.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): The claim of the plaintiff who is the respondent in the appeal in this Court, and who, to avoid confusion, would be referred to as the plaintiff/respondent hereinafter in this judgment, in the High Court of the Mid-Western State, as the present Bendel State was known at the time of the issuance of the writ of summons, was for

"(A) A DECLARATION OF POSSESSORY TITLE to that piece or parcel of land lying and being situate in Ward 18/H Benin City measuring 100 feet by 100 feet, which piece of land shall be more properly described and delineated in "Pink" on a survey plan to be filed later in these proceedings.

(B) N500 (Five Hundred Naira) damages for trespass.

(C) Perpetual Injunction to restrain the defendant, his servants or agents from further acts of trespass thereon" .

The learned Chief Judge of the State, Ovie- Whiskey C.J. (as he then was), who tried the case, ordered pleadings which were duly delivered. He took evidence led in …

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