SALIBA
V.
YASSIN

(2002) JELR 50566 (SC)

Supreme Court · SC.138/1995 · 8 Feb 2002 · Nigeria
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Other Citations

Saliba v. Yassin (2002) 4 NWLR (Pt.756) 1 (2002) 2 S.C (Pt.1) 15

Saliba v. Yassin (2002) 4 NWLR (Pt. 756) 1

CORAM

SALIHU MODIBBO ALFA BELGORE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria IDRIS LEGBO KUTIGI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ANTHONY IKECHUKWU IGUH Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ALOYSIUS IYORGYER KATSINA-ALU Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria EMMANUEL OLAYINKA AYOOLA Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria

Core Terms ^Beta

appellant

court

evidence

machines

learned trial judge

issue

court of appeal

cross appellant

high court

contract of hire

amended statement of claim

future event

grounds of appeal

learned judge

evidence of both parties

leading judgment

return of the ingersoll rand compressor

said award

use of the machines

a. i. katsina-alu

breach of contract

conversion of the goods n150,000.00

current economic situation

current price of a second hand drill

decision of the high court

defendant joseph saliba

dismissal of his cross appeal

established practice

facts of this case hold

first issue

further cross

hammer n200,000.00

high court of plateau state judicial division

issue of defendant

kaduna n2,000.00

loss of use of the equipment

ltd. v a. g.b. ltd.

number of grounds

plaintiff claims

plaintiff roda yassin

plaintiffs cross-appeal

said court

serious error of law

sets of issues

s. m. a. belgore

such duty

suit no. pld

sum of n2,997,000.00

A. I. KATSINA-ALU, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This case originated in the High Court of Plateau State Judicial Division in suit No. PLD/J210/90. The plaintiff Roda Yassin in that suit had claimed against the defendant Joseph Saliba as per paragraph 20 of the Amended Statement of Claim as follows:

"WHEREFORE the plaintiff claims against the defendant the sum of N2,997,000.00.

PARTICULARS:

Second hand value of the Bohler Quarry Drill Rig and Hammer N200,000.00;

Second hand value of the Ingersoll Rand Compressor N150,000.00 Cost of

transporting the equipment to Kaduna N2,000.00; Loss of use of the equipment from

May 1985 to the date of filing of the writ N2,645,000.00.

In the alternative the plaintiffclaims from the defendant

the sum of N2,997,000.00

PARTICULARS:

The return of the Ingersoll Rand Compressor in the condition

in which it was Second hand value of the Bohler Quarry Drill Rig and

Hammer N200,000.00

Cost of transporting the equipment to Kaduna N2,000.00

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SALIBA V. YASSIN

SALIBA
V.
YASSIN