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N'DOW
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SAGNIA AND OTHERS

(1956) JELR 81640 (SC)

Supreme Court 16 Mar 1956 The Gambia
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Judges:Miles J .
Counsel:N'Jie for the plaintiff. Forster for the defendants.
Other Citations:1957 1 WALR 183-187

JUDGEMENT

MILES J.

This is a further chapter in a most dismal story of family friction. The plaintiff is the half-sister of the first defendant, Francis Sagnia; the defendant Samuel John Forster is a barrister-at-law and solicitor practising at Bathurst; the defendant Albert Akigbogun is an auctioneer, and the fourth defendant, Hassan Farage, the unfortunate innocent victim of this family dispute, is the purchaser of the property, No. 1O, Hill Street, Bathurst, in a sale by public auction.

The plaintiff and the defendant Sagnia were tenants in common of No. 10, Hill Street, their shares being two-thirds and one-third respectively. Until recently they were residing in different houses in remises but there was constant friction between them and in 1954 plaintiff brought an action for partition of the property. The action was tried by me on February 16, 1955. On viewing the premises I came to the conclusion that partition in any form was impracticable, I made an “order that the property be…

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