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(2016) JELR 40330 (CA)

Court of Appeal 30 Mar 2016 Nigeria
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- The case involves a dispute over land ownership and trespassing. - The appellant appealed the lower court's decision, which granted her ownership of the land but dismissed her other claims. - The appellant argued that the respondent encro

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Suit Number:CA/K/272/2010
Judges:ISAIAH OLUFEMI AKEJU JCA HABEEB ADEWALE OLUMUYIWA ABIRU JCA AMINA AUDI WAMBAI JCA
Counsel:Appellant's Counsel absent; Tunde Babalola with him, Sunday Onubi and Tunde Adejumo for the 1st Respondent; D. C. Enwelum with him, Muhammad Muhammad, M. Okpe (Mrs) Kayode Adelaru and H. Olaniyi for the 3rd Respondent.
Other Citations:(2017) 6 NWLR (Pt. 1561) 175, (2016) JELR 75832 (CA)

AMINA AUDI WAMBAI, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is from the decision of the Kaduna State High Court sitting at Kafanchan delivered on 20/04/2009 in suit No. KDH/KAF/54/2006 by Hon. Justice Luka D. Aba wherein the learned trial Judge though declared title in favour of the Appellant, declined to grant the Appellant's reliefs of damages for trespass, order directing 1st Respondent to vacate the land and other injunctive reliefs.

The Appellant as the Plaintiff before the lower Court claimed against the Respondents as Defendants jointly and severally as follows:-

1. A DECLARATION, that the Plaintiff is the legal and rightful owner of all that parcel of land measuring 98.5 hectares located near Sabon Iche village in Kagarko Local Government of Kaduna State and covered by Certificate of Occupancy No.14885.

2. A DECLARATION that the Defendant particularly the 1st Defendant's entry into the Plaintiffs land and erecting illegal structures thereon is illegal and amount to t…

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