YARGATA BYENCHIT NIMPAR, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the Judgment of the High Court of Lagos State delivered by HON. JUSTICE I.A. OLORUNNIMBE on the 14th day of April, 1987 wherein the trial court dismissed the claim of the Appellant for a declaration of title to a piece or parcel of land situate at Onigbagbo Village Road, Ikeja, Lagos State. Dissatisfied with the decision, the Appellant appealed to this court by filing a Notice of Appeal dated 13th July, 1987 setting out 3 grounds of Appeal.
FACTS:
The brief facts of the case are that the Appellants had acquired the property in dispute from one Dr. Arhur Babatunde Adefowope and the conveyance documents duly registered in the Lands Registry, Lagos. However, the Appellants later discovered the Respondent and her agents on the property trying to put up a building on the property. Attempts to stop them proved abortive as the workers hastened to finish work. The Appellants at a point reported to the…