ROSENJE
V.
BAKARE

(1973) JELR 45947 (SC)

Supreme Court · SC.48/1971 · 10 May 1973 · Nigeria
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(1973) All N.L.R 459 (1973) 5 S.C. 91

CORAM

GEORGE BAPTIST AYODOLA COKER Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria DAN IBEKWE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria AYO GABRIEL IRIKEFE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria

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plaintiff

defendant

learned trial judge

evidence

documents

purchase receipt exhibit

land certificate no. mo

behalf of the defendant

documents of title

purchase receipt

cross-examination

letter exhibit

parcel of land

27th day of august

contract of sale

lagos state

land registry

oral evidence

original statement of defence

statement of claim

sufficient memorandum

transfer form

30th october

above paragraphs of the statement of claim

aforesaid documents

client madam salamotu bakare

date of the said contract

defendant of land certificate no. mo

defendant states

documentary evidence

duty of the court

following exhibits

high court lagos

land of the price

land registry office lagos

leading judgment

long story

necessary transfer of the said piece

own name

particular reference

payment of the said amount

plaintiff of a piece

registration of titles act

said contract

said land certificate no. mo

said piece

trial judge

G. B. A. COKER, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): In the High Court Lagos (Lagos State) the appellant as plaintiff claimed as against the respondent who was then the defendant, by virtue of a writ endorsed as follows-

"The plaintiff's claim against the defendant is for specific performance of the sale by the defendant to the plaintiff of a piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being at Shifawu Street, Surulere, adjacent to No. 55, Western Avenue, Surulere, covered by land certificate No. MO 3434 in the Land Registry, Lagos and Plan No. ASA: 397/53 of 30th October, 1953. the defendant sold the said piece or parcel of land to the plaintiff on the 27th day of August, 1969 for the sum of 600 (six hundred pounds) but thereafter refunded/neglected to execute the necessary transfer of the said piece or parcel of land to the plaintiff despite repeated demands."

As stated on the wirt the dispute concerns land situate at Shifawu Street, Surulere on the mainland of Lagos. The defendan…

ROSENJE V. BAKARE

ROSENJE
V.
BAKARE