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THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD MISSION
V.
MANCHIN

(2013) JELR 46224 (CA)

Court of Appeal 27 Mar 2013 Nigeria
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- The case involves a dispute over the ownership of a piece of land. - The appellant claims to have purchased the land from the respondent's brother, while the respondent denies authorizing the sale. - The lower court ruled in favor of the

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Suit Number:CA/J/78/2011
Judges:RAPHAEL CHIKWE AGBO Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria IBRAHIM SHATA BDLIYA Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria PETER OLABISI IGE Justice of The Court of Appeal of Nigeria
Counsel:S. D. Samchi with F. Ka'atpo For Appellant F. O. Shaibu Esq. For Respondent

IBRAHIM SHATA BDLIYA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Plateau State High Court in suit No.PLD/P.31/2006 between The Registered Trustees of the Assemblies of God Mission v. Adamu Yusuf Manchin, delivered on the 10th of October, 2008, by Justice D.G. Mann. The Respondent who was the Plaintiff before the lower court owned a parcel of land in Pankshin along Pankshin Mangu Road opposite Government Secondary School, Pankshin, adjacent Trinity Missionary College. He claimed he purchased the parcel of land from one Mr. Clement Yilkoba and Boba Bornkatda in 1994. He advertised the sale of the land to the Appellant who was the Plaintiff in the lower court. According to the Respondent they couldn't agree on the price so the sale did not materialize. The appellant, on the other hand, asserted that Respondent intimated him that his brother would see him for negotiation on the sale of the land. Few days later the Respondent's brother met the a…

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