OKUNOLA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of Hon. Justice R.H. Cudjoe sitting in the High Court of Kaduna State, Kaduna delivered on 28/1/88 in Suit No. KDH/233/81.
The facts of the case briefly put are as follows:
The defendants/appellants were at the trial court sued jointly and severally for the sum of N82,500 being special and general damages arising from a breach of contract of employment between the parties. The sum also included money claimed by the plaintiff/respondent to have been advanced to the 2nd defendant/ appellant for the purchase of furniture machines and raw materials which amount had not been refunded to the plaintiff/respondent by the appellants. Pleadings were exchanged by the parties. After a long interval occasioned by interlocutory applications, the case proceeded to trial. The plaintiff/respondent gave evidence in support of his claim and closed his case thereafter.
In his evidence the respondent who was employed as…