JOHN AFOLABI FABIYI, J.S.C (Delivering the Leading Judgment): Proceedings in the matter culminating in the appeal herein were first instituted at the Grade 1 Area Court, Pankshin in Plateau State, of Nigeria. The respondent who was the plaintiff at the trial court claimed against the defendants who are appellants in this court as follows:
"I have sued the defendants because they entered my land. The land is situated at Tasuk. I got the (sic) from my father Goban who inherited it from Tongkhit. There are pawpaw tree, gung tree and
olive tree at the boundary. I reported the defendant to our ward head over the land and it was given to me ----------------------I want the court to get me the land from the defendant"
The trial court asked for the reaction of each defendant to the plaintiff s claim. Each of them replied that he heard but disagreed with the plaintiff. The trial court gathered the evidence adduced on both sides of the divide and visited the locus inquo. In its judgment handed …