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OBA V.EGBERONGBE

(1999) JELR 43659 (SC)

Supreme Court 4 Jun 1999 Nigeria
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Suit Number:SC.240/1992
Judges:MUHAMMADU LAWAL UWAIS Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ABUBAKAR BASHIR WALI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ANTHONY IKECHUKWU IGUH Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria SAMSON ODEMWINGIE UWAIFO Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria EMMANUEL OLAYINKA AYOOLA Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
Counsel:Parties absent and unrepresented For Appellant Parties absent and unrepresented For Respondent
Other Citations:Oba v. Egberongbe (1999) 8 NWLR (Pt.615) 485 (1999) 6 S.C (Pt I) 63

E. O. AYOOLA, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal arose from the refusal of the Court of Appeal to grant the appellant's application for orders granting extension of time within which to apply for leave to appeal, leave to appeal and extension of time within which to appeal. The appellant was defendant in an action brought against him by the respondent, then plaintiff, in the High Court of Lagos State whereby he was adjudged by Agora, J. (as he then was) liable to the respondent in trespass, and an injunction was ordered against him from committing further trespass on land described as No. 2 Aderupoko Street, Iwaya, Yaba. The appellant's appeal to the Court of Appeal having failed, the appellant brought an application to the High Court apparently with the objective of having that court pronounce that the injunction ordered related to an area of land described on a plan which he had then put before that court. The matter came before Hotonu, J, who being of the view that …

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