BELGORE, J.S.C (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellant, Isaac O. Nlewedim around 12th January 1976 went into an agreement to purchase a piece of land called "Ala Isimkpa" at Umule village in Southern Ngwa Division of the then East Central State, later Imo State but now Abia State. In the Statement of Claim the plaintiff averred that the agreed sum was N5,100.00 (five thousand five hundred Naira) and that he paid N3500.00 (three thousand one hundred Naira) as part payment promising to pay the balance of N1,600.00) (one thousand six hundred Naira) immediately he (plaintiff) surveyed the land and that he was there and then let into possession; by this he seemed to take the "word" possession to mean what he described in the Statement of Claim as "the plaintiff should go into immediate possession of the land in dispute and the plaintiff should survey the land in dispute and start exercising all acts capable of being exercised by a lessee". (italics mine for emphasis). The plaintif…
NLEWEDIM
V.
UDUMA
(1995) JELR 43444 (SC)
Supreme Court 20 Jun 1995 Nigeria
BriefBot Summary
- The appellant entered into an agreement to purchase a piece of land called "Ala Isimkpa" in 1976. - The agreed sum was N5,100.00 and the appellant paid N3,500.00 as part payment. - The appellant claimed to have gone into immediate possess
Case Details
Suit Number:SC.91/1989
Judges:SALIHU MODIBBO ALFA BELGORE JSC
IDRIS LEGBO KUTIGI JSC
UTHMAN MOHAMMED JSC
SYLVESTER UMARU ONU JSC
ANTHONY IKECHUKWU IGUH JSC
Counsel:Chief M. O. B. Ohunta For the Appellant;
Chief C. I. Ohakwe For the Respondent.
Other Citations:Nweledim v. Uduma (1995) 6 NWLR (Pt.402) 383
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