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UKAEGBU & ORS.
V.
NWOLOLO

(2009) JELR 47302 (SC)

Supreme Court 23 Jan 2009 Nigeria
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- The defendants are appealing the decision of the Court of Appeal, which allowed the plaintiff's appeal and set aside the judgment of the lower court. - The court below ordered a retrial of the case before another judge of the High Court o

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Suit Number:SC.126/2002
Judges:DAHIRU MUSDAPHER Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria GEORGE ADESOLA OGUNTADE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria IKECHI FRANCIS OGBUAGU Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria PIUS OLAYIWOLA ADEREMI Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria MOHAMMAD SAIFULLAH MUNTAKA-COOMASSIE Justice of The Supreme Court of Nigeria
Counsel:C.U. Ekomaru, Esqr For Appellant M.O. Nlemedim, Esqr. For Respondent
Other Citations:MARCUS UKAEGBU & ORS V. MARK NWOLOLO (2009) 3 NWLR (Pt. 1127) 194 S.C.

F. OGBUAGU, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Jugdment): This is an appeal by the defendants/appellants against the decision of the Court of Appeal, Port-Harcourt Division (hereinafter called "the court below"), allowing the appeal of the plaintiff/respondent and setting aside the judgment of the Imo State High Court sitting at Aboh-Mbaise and delivered by Nsofor, J. (as he then was), dismissing the plaintiff's/respondent's suit no. HAM/19/82 in respect of a piece or parcel of land. The court below ordered a retrial of the case before another Judge of the High Court of Imo State,

"who should visit the locus in quo to make it easy to resolve the conflict in the traditional histories of the parties in respect of the land in dispute and also to know the true position of the land in exhibit 2",

Dissatisfied with the said decision, the appellants have appealed to this court on three (3) grounds of appeal. Without their particulars, they read as follows:

"GROUND ONE: Error in law:

The learned …

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