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AWOTE & ORS.
V.
OWODUNNI & ANOR.

(1987) JELR 42717 (SC)

Supreme Court 8 May 1987 Nigeria
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Suit Number:SC.186/1984
Judges:MOHAMMED BELLO Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ANDREWS OTUTU OBASEKI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria AUGUSTINE NNAMANI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ADOLPHUS GODWIN KARIBI-WHYTE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria CHUKWUDIFU AKUNNE OPUTA Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
Counsel:Mr. G. O.K. Ajayi SAN (with him Alex Adedipe Esq. and L. Adenekan Esq.) For Appellant Professor A.B. Kasunmu SAN (with him Otunba Odedina, Esq. and O. O. Adewunmi Esq) For Respondent
Other Citations:Awote v. Owodunni (1987) NWLR (Pt. 57) 366 (1987) 5 S.C 1

OPUTA, J.S.C (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This case started from the Customary Court -from the Ijebu-Ode Grade "A" Customary Court. There the Plaintiffs claimed the following reliefs:-

(1) Declaration of title in accordance with customary law to all that piece or parcel of land situate lying and being along Ijebu-Ode/Ibadan Road, Ijebu-Ode at the back of Chief T.A. Odutola's compound, Ijebu-Ode as the property of the Plaintiffs' family, to wit, the Oliwo Agbadagbodo Family (otherwise known as and called Olore Family Nigeria). The value of the land is 250.00pounds (Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds).

(2) Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds being general damages for the trespass committed on the said land by the defendant on or about the 24th day of June, 1968, and

(3) Injunction restraining the Defendant, his agent, servants or assigns from any further act of trespass on the said land.

This being a case commenced in the Customary Court there was no order for pleadings and plans to be filed …

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