HON. JUSTICE ADENEKAN ADEMOLA
V.
CHIEF HAROLD SODIPO

(1992) JELR 80248 (SC)

Supreme Court 24 Jul 1992 Nigeria
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- The plaintiffs sued the defendant, the executor and trustee of the estate, claiming a declaration that the demolition and reconstruction of their family house was illegal and void, a perpetual injunction to stop further demolition and rec

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Suit Number:SC.9/1990
Judges:MUHAMMADU LAWAL UWAIS, JSC ADOLPHUS GODWIN KARIBI-WHYTE, JSC SAIDU KAWU, JSC ABUBAKAR BASHIR WALI, JSC UCHE OMO, JSC MICHAEL EKUNDAYO OGUNDARE, JSC SHEHU USMAN MOHAMMED, JSC
Counsel:Chief F.R.A. Williams, SAN (with him, A. Sikuade, SAN and F.R.A. Williams, Jnr) For the Appellant; O.A.R. Ogunde, Esq. For the Respondent.
Other Citations:SCER/SC.9/1990

M. E. OGUNDARE, J.S.C. (Delivering the Lead Judgment): By paragraph 27 of their further amended Statement of Claim the plaintiffs who sued in their individual capacities as beneficiaries of the Estate of Isaac Ademoye Sodipo deceased, claimed from the defendant, the Executor and Trustee of the said Estate

"(1) A declaration that the continuing demolition and or reconstruction of the plaintiffs' family house at Apagun Market, Ikereku, Abeokuta in the Abeokuta Judicial Division under the authority direction and with the consent of the defendant is ultra vires the powers of the defendant as the Executor of the Estate of Isaac Ademoye Sodipo (deceased) the father of the plaintiffs and therefore illegal and void.

(2) A perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, his servants, agents, privies, or other representatives however called from taking any step in further demolishing and or reconstructing the plaintiffs' family property at Apagun Market Ikereku, Abeokuta aforesaid.

(3) An order …

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