JUDGMENT
HONYENUGA, JSC
Introduction
On the 25th day of November, 2020, we delivered judgment in this appeal but deferred our reasons, which we now give. We unanimously dismissed the appeal and affirmed the judgment of the Court of Appeal.
The parties in this appeal would finally see the end of litigation for having been litigating in the Courts of competent jurisdiction for about twenty years. This appeal is from the Judgment of the Court of Appeal dated the 16th day of February, 2017. The appellants (that is the defendants/co-defendant/respondents/appellants) were the defendants and Co-defendant respectively in the High Court. The Co-defendant/respondent/appellant was a counterclaimant in the trial court and succeeded in his Counterclaim but lost on appeal at the Court of Appeal when the respondent herein (that is the plaintiff/appellant/respondent) appealed against the judgment of the trial High Court. In this appeal, the first, second and third defendants/respondents/appellants to…