RITA NOSAKHARE PEMU, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the Judgment of Hon. Justice A. A. Philips of the High Court of Justice, Lagos State delivered on the 20th day of October 2006, in which the lower court entered Judgment in favour of the claimant (the Respondent herein) against the Defendants (Appellants herein) and dismissed the counter-claim of the 2nd Defendant/Appellant. The claimant/Respondent was given Judgment in respect of the first head of claim for declaration of title to the land. The Appellants are dissatisfied with the Judgment and have appealed it.
SYNOPSIS OF FACTS
The Respondent (as Claimant) instituted an action in the lower court against the Appellants (as Defendants) claiming, in his Amended Statement of Claim dated 1st June 2000 the following:
(i) A declaration that the plaintiff is the lawful owner and is entitled to the Statutory Right of Occupancy of the parcel of land measuring 585.276 square metres, situate and lying at Ibada…