OLAGUNJU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): At the Onitsha Judicial Division of the Anambra State High Court the appellant as the plaintiff sued the respondent, his former employer, for wrongful dismissal from the latter's service where he was employed as a clerk claiming as special and general damages the sum of N250,000. Out of that amount, N520 represents special damages made up of N150 leave allowance for 1983, a month's salary of N281 in lieu of notice and N89 as his unpaid salary for 1/2/83 to 9/2/83; included in the last two items are housing and transport allowances.
The salient facts upon which the appellant's claims are founded can be gleaned from the material parts of the evidence before the trial court portraying the distinctive outline that the appellant was employed by the respondent, hereinafter called 'the bank', on 2/10/79 as a clerk on probation and posted to the Main Branch Office of the bank at Onitsha. His appointment was confirmed on 1/4/80 when he trans…