BULAMA & ANOR
V.
BULAMA

(2000) JELR 43961 (CA)

Court of Appeal · CA/J/62a/96 · 14 Feb 2000 · Nigeria
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Other Citations

Bulama v. Bulama (2000) 1 NWLR (Pt.659)131

CORAM

MUHAMMAD SAIFULLAHI MUNTAKA-COOMASSIE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria DALHATU ADAMU Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria IBRAHIM TANKO MUHAMMAD Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria

Core Terms ^Beta

plaintiff

houses

trial court

2nd defendant

claim

lower court

upper area court

1st defendant

bukar lawan

sharia court of appeal

upper area courts

abana alhaji isa

counter claim

favour of the plaintiff

lower courts

medical treatment

respondents

abana wusuje

adamawa state

adamawa state sharia court of appeal

appellants brief of argument

appellate court

clear admission of the trust

common ground

common law principles

concurrent findings

concurrent findings of the trial

decisions of the trial court

first issue

gombi upper area court

guyuk area court

hearing date

interested party

leading judgment

learned counsel

learned khadis

learned khadis of the lower court

lower courts decision

muntaka-coomassie

order of this court

records of proceedings

services of a counsel

sharia courts of adamawa state

sharia law

subject-matter

sufficient evidence

sum of n11,180 compensation

trial judge

trial upper

MUHAMMAD, J.C.A.: (Delivering the Leading Judgment): At the Guyuk Area Court, holden at Gombi in Adamawa State, the Plaintiff sued the Respondents claiming his two houses consisting of 6 and 3 rooms respectively, which he had earlier on entrusted in the 1st Defendant while he proceeded for medical treatment at Dambowa Local Government. The trial Court heard the claim and gave judgment in favour of the Plaintiff by administering oath on him that the Defendants were to pay him the sum of N11,180 compensation for the two houses.

The Plaintiff became aggrieved with that judgment, and appealed to the Gombi Upper Area Court (UAC). The Upper Area Court reviewed the case and altered the amount of the compensation awarded now to be in the sums of N20,000.00 and N15,000.00 for the two houses respectively. The Plaintiff/Appellant was further dissatisfied and appealed to the Adamawa State Sharia Court of Appeal (lower court). After going through the records of proceedings before it on appeal and…

BULAMA & ANOR V. BULAMA

BULAMA & ANOR
V.
BULAMA