AZIGBO BROTHERS LTD.
V.
UNITED NIGERIA INSURANCE COMPANY
Supreme Court · SC.277/1970 · 19 Jan 1972 · Nigeria
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AZIGBO BROTHERS LTD. v. UNITED NIGERIA INSURANCE CO. (1972) 1 S.C (REPRINT) 66 CORAM
IAN LEWIS Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
CHARLES OLUSOJI MADARIKAN Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
ATANDA FATAYI-WILLIAMS Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria Core Terms Beta
respondents
appeal
conclusion
exhibit
guineas costs
insurers
j.s.c.
leading judgment
learned trial judge
letter
loss
merit
plaintiff
policy
policy of insurance
sir i. lewis
view
SIR I. LEWIS, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): In our view the learned trial Judge rightly came to the conclusion that he did that the letter (Exhibit 3) the insurers (the respondents) wrote to the plaintiff was not repudiating the policy of insurance, but merely stating that they did not accept that the loss was covered by the policy. We accordingly see no merit in this appeal and it is dismissed with 30 guineas costs to the respondents.