LADIPO & ORS.
V.
AJANI & ANOR

(1997) JELR 40283 (SC)

Supreme Court · SC.47/1991 · 18 Jul 1997 · Nigeria
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Other Citations

Ladipo v. Ajani (1997) 8 NWLR (Pt.517)356

CORAM

IDRIS LEGBO KUTIGI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria EMMANUEL OBIOMA OGWUEGBU Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria UTHMAN MOHAMMED Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria SYLVESTER UMARU ONU Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ANTHONY IKECHUKWU IGUH Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria

Core Terms ^Beta

land

plaintiffs

evidence

1st defendant

defendants

learned trial judge

exhibit q

court of appeal

survey pillars

2nd defendant

better title

federal government

16th july

exhibit b

exhibits k

favour of the plaintiffs

j.s.c

said land

trial

alhaji raji laniyan

appeal court

documentary evidence

exhibit j

further acts of trespass

judgment of the high court

leading judgment

possession of the land

set aside

common consent

customary tenants of ogunmola family

decision of the court of appeal

different parcels of land

established principle of law

exhibits f. l

gbadamosin laniyan

high court of justice holden

i. l. kutigi

important issue

lead majority judgment

learned trial judge inter alia

main issue

parties claim title

plaintiffs claim

pleadings of the parties

reserved judgment

separate deeds of conveyance

s. u. onu

traditional story

I. L. KUTIGI, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): In the High Court of Justice holden at Ibadan, the plaintiffs claim as follows:

"(a) Special damages

(i)Cost of replacing Survey Pillars destroyed

=N5,000.00

(ii)200 Trees of Oranges at N5.00 each

1,000.00

(iii)150 Trees of Cocoa at N10.00 each

=1,500.00

(iv)20 Palm Tress at N3.00 each

=60.00

(v)20 Pawpaw Trees at N2.00 each

=40.00

(vi)240 Tipper lorries of laterite at N10 each

-2,400.00

(b)General damages

=5,000.00

TOTAL = N15,000.00

(c) An order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants, their servants, agents and or privies from committing further acts of trespass on the said land."

After the filing and exchange of pleadings between the parries the case proceeded to trial. At the trial seven witnesses testified for the plaintiffs while the defendants called eight witnesses.

The case for the plaintiffs was simply that one Anla Apako originally settled on the land in dispute. After his death the land was inheri…

LADIPO & ORS. V. AJANI & ANOR

LADIPO & ORS.
V.
AJANI & ANOR