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EZEIGWE
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AWUDU

(2008) JELR 46783 (SC)

Supreme Court 23 May 2008 Nigeria
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- This case is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, holden at Port Harcourt, in which the court dismissed the appeal of the appellant against the judgment of the High Court of Rivers State. - The appellant claimed ownershi

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Suit Number:SC.391/2002
Judges:ALOYSIUS IYORGYER KATSINA-ALU Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria SUNDAY AKINOLA AKINTAN Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria MAHMUD MOHAMMED Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria WALTER SAMUEL NKANU ONNOGHEN Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria IBRAHIM TANKO MUHAMMAD Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
Counsel:Chief O. Ugolo, SAN I. I. lkoani Esq. For Appellant C. N. Obulor Esq. For Respondent

WALTER SAMUEL NKANU ONNOGHEN, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, holden at Port Harcourt, in appeal No. CA/PH/96/98 delivered on the 4th day of December, 2001 in which the court dismissed the appeal of the appellant against the judgment of the High Court of Rivers State in suit No. PHC/218/90 delivered by OKOR J. on the 2nd day of May, 1997.

In the further amended Statement of Claim, the appellant, as plaintiff in the High Court, claimed against the respondent, then defendant, the following reliefs:

"(1) A declaration that the plaintiff is entitled to the possession and ownership of Plot 2, Block 250 Orije Layout, Port Harcourt duly registered as No. 83 at page 83 in volume 433, Lands Registry, Enugu now kept at the Port Harcourt Lands Registry.

(2) ₦100,000.00 (one hundred thousand naira) only as damages for trespass.

(3) Perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, her servants or agents from further interference …

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