MBA
V.
MBA

(2018) JELR 50557 (SC)

Supreme Court · SC.375/2013 · 13 Apr 2018 · Nigeria
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Mba v. Mba (2018) 15 NWLR (Pt. 1641) 177

CORAM

IBRAHIM TANKO MUHAMMAD Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria KUMAI BAYANG AKA'AHS Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria AMINA ADAMU AUGIE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria PAUL ADAMU GALINJE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria

Core Terms ^Beta

decision of the court of appeal

dismissal of the appellant

decision of the trial court

sylvanus chigho mba

leading judgment

trial court

portion of the said ofia-ajagu compound

grant of reliefs

late mba utobo

suit no. a

order of court

view of the fact

high court

right of his siblings

native law

first son

counter claims

plaintiffs dispute plan no.ssc

settlement of records

2nd paragraph of the record

mba utobo

buraimoh vs. bamgbose

suit property

judgment of the trial court

court

statement of defence

trial judge

following reliefs

compound

concurrent findings of fact

local government area of anambra state

ofia ajagu

various compounds

order of the trial court

piece of others

claim counter

brothers of full blood

counter claim of the appellant

death of mba utobo

bamgbose vs oshoko

high court judgment

grave of the late mba utobo

issue of right of the respondent

findings of the trial

mba utobo compound

following terms

late father

OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal, Enugu division, delivered on the 28th day of April, 2013. Coram: Abdulkadir, Akeje, and Agim, JJCA, wherein the Court below upheld the decision of the trial Court in granting reliefs 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the Respondent's claim but set aside the part of the decision that granted reliefs 6 and 7 of the claim. The Court below also set aside the dismissal of the appellant's counter claims by the trial Court.

One Sylvanus Chigho Mba was the plaintiff at the trial Court and up to the 6th of December, 2017 when he was substituted by the order of Court. The appellant and the respondent are brothers of full blood, being children of late Mba Utobo of Amaowelle village, Amansea, in Awka North Local government Area of Anambra State.

Before the Nigeria civil war, the said late Mba Utobo held a compound at Okpuno-Uno, Amaowelle Village, Amansea, where he lived with his family.…

MBA V. MBA

MBA
V.
MBA