ANIAGOLU, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): On 4th January 1983 we dismissed, with N300.00 costs to the respondents, the appeal to this Court filed by the plaintiffs/appellants - the people of Ifiayong, Uyo - against the judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal which affirmed the judgment of the High Court of the Uyo Judicial Division of the Cross River State - a High Court judgment which dismissed their claim for:
i. a declaration of title of ownership to a parcel of land bearing two names:
Akpatre Ntem Usung and Eyie Ayaiya, situate at Ifiayong, Uyo;
ii. N300.00 damages for trespass; and
iii. a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants/respondents from further trespass on the land
and fixed today, the 4th day of March 1983, as the date for giving the reasons for the dismissal. I now hereby, give the said reasons.
Appellants filed their Brief dated 10th August 1982 but the respondents filed no Brief by reason, apparently, of the late receipt, by respondents' counsel, C…