UHUNMWANGHO
V.
OKOJIE

(1982) JELR 46399 (SC)

Supreme Court · SC.43/1981 · 17 Sep 1982 · Nigeria
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Uhunmawagho v. Okojie (1982) 9 S.C. 52 (1982) A.N.L.R 276

CORAM

GEORGE SODEINDE SOWEMIMO Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria MOHAMMED BELLO Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria ANDREWS OTUTU OBASEKI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria KAYODE ESO Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria AUGUSTINE NNAMANI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria

Core Terms ^Beta

plot allotment committee

1st respondent

court of appeal

oba of benin

parcel of land

learned trial judge

benin city

exhibits c

federal court of appeal

exhibit c

members of ward

trial court

benin judicial division

date 6th february

part of the case

plot of land

recommendation of the committee

1st respondents

aforesaid land

a. nnamani

annual value of the land

appellants appeal

availability of the layout plan

benin customary law

brother of 2nd respondent

case of the appellant

chief jonathan elema

course of the trial

evidence of his inspection of a piece

exhibit g. 3rd

exhibits c-c1

exhibits k.k.1

following facts

following portion of his judgment

following reliefs

full knowledge of the location of the plot

honourable court

important steps

judgment of the bendel state high court

leading judgment

plans of the land

possession of the said land

property of the plaintiff

question of inspection

relevant plot allotment committee ward

A. NNAMANI, J.S.C.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): In this suit, the appellant (plaintiff in the trial court) sued respondents (defendants) for the following reliefs:

1. Declaration of Title to all that piece or parcel of land situate lying and being at ward "A" Aikhionbare Avenue, behind the Government Reservation Area, Benin City within the Benin Judicial Division, property of the plaintiff and which parcel of land shall be particularly described and delineated on the plan to be filed by the plaintiff in this Honourable Court. The annual value of the land is N40.00.

(2) Possession of the said land.

(3) N400 being damages for trespass committed and is still being committed by the Defendants by themselves, their servants and/or agents on the said plaintiff's land.

(4) A perpetual injunction restraining the defendants, their servants and/or agents from committing further acts of trespass on the aforesaid land" .

Pleadings were ordered and were duly filed and delivered.

Both the appel…

UHUNMWANGHO V. OKOJIE

UHUNMWANGHO
V.
OKOJIE