COKER, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The plaintiffs have appealed to this Court against the judgment of Betuel J. (High Court, Onitsha) whereby he had dismissed with costs an action instituted by them against the respondents as defendants and in which their writ was endorsed as follows:-
"The plaintiffs claim from the defendants as follows:-
1. A declaration of title to ownership of the following parcels of land namely, Abato, Oseakwa, Agudibe, Owelle One, Eneawo, Okpai and Utu Eke all situate at Ossomari in Onitsha Division.
2. 500pounds damages for trespass upon the said parcels of land.
3. An injunction to restrain the defendants their servants or agents from entering and or remaining in or in anyway interfering with the plaintiffs' ownership and possession of the said land."
Pursuant to the order of court in that connection, the parties filed and delivered their respective pleadings; indeed both parties in the course of the trial amended those pleadings. By their …