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FASORO & ANOR
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BEYIOKU & ORS

(1988) JELR 42795 (SC)

Supreme Court 22 Apr 1988 Nigeria
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- The appellants sued the defendants claiming declaration of title to a piece of land, damages for trespass, and an injunction. - The land in dispute consists of two distinct parcels bought on different dates and conveyed to each plaintiff

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Suit Number:SC.160/1985
Judges:ANDREWS OTUTU OBASEKI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria SAIDU KAWU Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria CHUKWUDIFU AKUNNE OPUTA Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ABDUL GANIYU OLATUNJI AGBAJE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ABUBAKAR BASHIR WALI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
Counsel:Professor S. A. Adesanya (with him, Mr. Abayomi Kuku) For Appellant Mr. J. O. A. Ajakaiye For Respondent
Other Citations:Fasoro v. Beyioku (1988) NWLR (Pt.76) 263

C. A. OPUTA, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The Appellants who were the Plaintiffs in the Court of first instance sued the Defendants now Respondents claiming:-

"(a) Declaration of title to that piece or parcel of land lying, situate and being at Mile 6, Old Ife Road, Ibadan.

(b) N500.00 damages to each of the plaintiffs, for trespass committed by the Defendants since May, 1975.

(c) Injunction restraining the Defendants, their servants and/or agents from committing further trespass on the land".

Pleadings were ordered, filed and exchanged. From paragraphs 3 and 4 of the Amended Statement of Claim, it is clear that "the land in dispute" is not just one parcel of land but two distinct parcels bought on different dates and conveyed to each Plaintiff again on different dates. The area sold to the 1st Plaintiff as shown on the plan tendered as Ex. A is Area marked "B" verged Red and the parcel claimed by the 2nd Plaintiff is Area marked "A" verged Blue. The Root of Title pleaded …

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