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OLUTIDE & ORS
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HAMZAT & ORS

(2016) JELR 37198 (CA)

Court of Appeal 8 Jan 2016 Nigeria
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- This case involves an appeal against a judgment of the Federal High Court in Akure. - The 1st Respondent entered into a contractual agreement with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Appellants to supply two vehicles. - The 1st Respondent issued two ch

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Suit Number:CA/AK/80/2014
Judges:SOTONYE DENTON-WEST JCA MOHAMMED AMBI-USI DANJUMA JCA JAMES SHEHU ABIRIYI JCA
Counsel:O. l. Aladedutire, Esq. For the Appellant; Femi Emmanuel Emodamori, Esq. with him, l. l. Olanipekun for the 1st Respondent.

HON.JUSTICE SOTONYE DENTON WEST, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal by the Appellants against the judgment of Hon. Justice l. M. Sani of the Federal High Court, Akure Judicial Division, Akure delivered on the 24tn day of March, 2014.

A SYNOPSIS OF THIS CASE

The 1st Respondent who was the Applicant at the lower Court sometimes in June 2012 entered a contractual agreement with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Appellants who are car dealers to supply two vehicles to the 1st Respondent, who thereafter issued two charges (marked exhibit CH 1. and CH2) as part payment. Unknown to them, one was written the sum of one Thousand, Five Hundred Naira (N1,500.00) as against the sum of one Million, Five Hundred thousand Naira (N1,500,000.00) and on the other was written N2,100.000 (Two Thousand, one Hundred Naira) as against the sum of Two Million, One Hundred Thousand Naira (N2,100,000.00). when the Appellants realised they had been seemingly short changed, to part with their propertie…

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