S. U. ONU, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): In the High Court of Oyo State, Ife Judicial Division, holden at Ile-Ife the plaintiff, herein respondent claimed against the defendants now appellants jointly and severally the following reliefs:-
"(a) The sum of Ten thousand Naira (N10,000) as General Damages for the wrongful destruction and destructive and or wrongful reaping of the plaintiff's palm trees between February and March, 1983 on a portion of the plaintiff' s farm-land at Iponrin Adegoroye Ogunleye farmland in lfe District let to the 1st defendant orally and later witnessed in writing by an Agreement dated the 28th day of December, 1964.
Injunction restraining the defendants, their agents and privies from further tampering with the said palm trees."
Pleadings were ordered, filed and exchanged by the parties. The case went to trial and after the addresses of counsel, the learned trial Judge (Oguntoye, J.) in a well considered judgment dated the 23rd day of May, 1984, fo…