COKER, J.S.C (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The respondents to this appeal were the plaintiffs in an action instituted by that company in the High Court, Lagos, against the appellants as defendants in that court. The plaintiffs' writ is endorsed as follows:-
"The plaintiffs' claim against the defendants jointly and severally:-
(i) a declaration that the registered Memorandum and Articles of Association of the plaintiffs as registered on the date of incorporation has never been validly amended;
(ii) a declaration that the defendants are no longer members of the Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim; and
(iii) an injunction restraining the defendants, their servants and agents from claiming to be members of or interfering with the properties (real and personal) of the plaintiffs or attending any of the plaintiffs' churches for purpose of worship without the permission of the Baba Aladura for the time being."
An order for pleadings was duly made by the High Court and barring …