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(2021) JELR 109211 (CA)

Court of Appeal 10 Sep 2021 Nigeria
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- The dispute arose from the supply of 50 bags of dog food by the Respondent (seller) in Jos to the Appellant (buyer) in Abuja, with conflict over payment and the nature of the contractual relationship, namely whether the Appellant was to p

Case Details

Suit Number:CA/J/26/2020
Judges:Jimi Olukayode Bada, JCA Moore Aseimo Abraham Adumein, JCA Uchechukwu Onyemenam, JCA
Counsel:EUGENIA N. EZE ESQ., with D. C. OGE ESQ. For the Appellant; A. M. HASSAN Esq., for the Respondent/Cross Appellant.

UCHECHUKWU ONYEMENAM, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an Appeal against the decision of the High Court of Plateau State sitting in Jos, delivered on 20th November, 2019, wherein the learned trial Judge Per D.D. LONGJI; assumed jurisdiction to entertain the suit and entered judgment in favour of the Respondent as follows:

“Accordingly, I only hold the Defendant liable for the 40 bags which she requested and which was supplied.

Accordingly, I enter judgment in the sum of N960,000.00 (nine hundred and sixty thousand naira) only. The Plaintiff to provide the account details for the Defendant to pay the amount accordingly. And the Plaintiff is at liberty to retrieve the 10 bags that were not solicited for”.

The case as presented by the Respondent is that 50 bags of dog food were supplied to the Appellant in Abuja by her and that the Appellant failed to pay for the said supply, hence this suit. The Appellant on the other hand contended that she requested for 40 bags of dog f…

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