CASES/JUDGMENTS ON REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY LAW IN NIGERIA (9)
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CASES/JUDGMENTS ON REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY LAW IN NIGERIA (9)
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| TITLE | MAIN ISSUES |
| OYEDIRAN V. AMAOO | Declaration-Title to land—Plaintiffs’ claim based on original settlement-Trial judge finding plaintiffs’ title established by grant—Court of appeal set-ting aside judgement but ordering re-trial-Whether Court of appeal right in ordering re-trial instead of ordering dismissal of plaintiffs’ claim. |
| OYEGBESAN V. OYEGBESAN | LAND LAW:- Nature of a tenancy at will – Obligation of landlord to serve quit notices |
| OYENIRAN V. EGBETOLA | LAND LAW:- Land in non-urban area – Proceedings in respect thereof – Which court has original jurisdiction – Area (or Customary) Court or High Court -Section 41, Land Use Act, 1978 construed LAND USE ACT – Jurisdiction of court in respect of land in non-urban area – Which court has original jurisdiction to determine – Section 41, Land Use Act, 1978 construed |
| OYIDIOBU V. OKECHUKWU | REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW:- Tenancy and Claim founded on nuisance – Kola Tenancy – Nature and legal character |
| OYOVBIARE V. OMAMURHOMU | LAND LAW:- Proof of title – Burden of proving that original owner of property has been divested of ownership – On whom rests. |
| OZIBE AND OTHERS. V. AIGBE AND OTHERS. | LAND LAW:- Claim for Declaration of Title – Evidence – Judgment without review of pleadings and evidence of issues not resolved – Appeal – Retrial proper ordered |
| P. D. HALLMARK CONTRACTORS NIGERIA LIMITED & ANOR V. GLORIA KANROTMWA GOMWALK | REAL ESTATE – LAND LAW:- Whether it is possible to have the use of a shop under a sub-lease without any interest or right in the land being conveyed – Whether by the inclusion of the “subject to approval” clause a document evidencing a lease would not become an “instrument” within the meaning of a statute unless and until the necessary approval were given – How treated |
| PASTOR SAMUEL KARIMU & ANOR. V. LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT & ANOR. | LAND LAW – DECLARATION OF TITLE TO LAND: What is the effect where a Claimant fails to plead and establish the identity of the land to which his claim relates to |
| PATRICK A. ABUSOMWAN V. G.O. AIWERIOBA & ANOR | LAND LAW – OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY:- Effect of holding property owned by another |
| PETKEV NIGERIA LIMITED & ANOR V. OGBOGU & ANOR | REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW:- Claim for damages in trespass and declarations as to title over land – Preliminary objections thereto – How resolved |
| POPOOLA BAMGBEGBIN & ORS V. JIMOH ATANDA ORIARE & ORS. | LAND LAW – FORFEITURE:- Condition precedent to grant of same |
| PRINCE K. ADEYEMI OSUMA V. JOINERY CRAFTS AND MOULDING NIGERIA LIMITED | REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW:- Claim for declaration that the Plaintiff is still the person entitled to the statutory Right of Occupancy |
| PRINCE NNAMDI E. UBAH V. CHIEF INNOCENT OKAFOR | REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW:- Declaratory relief relating to interest in land -What plaintiff must prove – Need to adduce cogent evidence – Whether a declaratory relief will be granted without oral testimony from the claimant or through his witness |
| PRINCESS BILEWU OYEWUNMI V. AMOS OWOADE OGUNESAN | REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW – CUSTOMARY LAND LAW:- Oshogbo customary land law practices relating to land – Whether all land is vested in the Soun of Oshogbo to hold as trustee for the whole community – Whether there is a distinction between stool land and family land in Osogbo – Whether there can be no valid grant of land in Oshogbo without the approval of the Soun – whether all title to customary law land must be necessarily traced to the Soun REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW:- Distinction between traditional grant of land not evidenced by writing and modern land grants evidenced by writing – Effect – Whether proof of traditional grants cannot be elevated from traditional evidence to primary and secondary evidence necessary for modern grants – Whether evidence of recent acts of possession and ownership is indispensable in such cases |
| PRINCEWILL EYO ASUQUO & ORS. V. MRS. GRACE GODFREY EYO & ANOR | REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW – AGREEMENT OF SALE OF LAND:- Sale of land – Meaning and ingredients of an agreement for a sale of land – What obligates the Vendor to sell and the purchaser to pay valuable consideration for land purchase – Relevant considerations REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW – CONVEYANCING – UNREGISTERED REGISTRABLE INSTRUMENT:- Admissibility of unregistered registrable instrument as evidence of payment of purchase price and title – Whether unregistered instrument is also admissible in evidence to prove or establish title, as it is not a valid document capable of transferring any title on estate – Whether such an instrument, coupled with the purchaser being in possession may give rise to on equitable interest |
| PROF. AJIBAYO AKINKUGBE V. EWULUM HOLDINGS NIGERIA LTD. & ANOR | LAND LAW – LANDLORD AND TENANT:- Propriety of landlord resorting to self help to recover possession of his premises – Attitude of court thereto |
| PROF. FOLA LASISIS & ANOR V. MRS. ROSE NMA NWANNA | LAND LAW – ACQUISITION/OWNERSHIP:- Act of acquisition of title as distinct from proof of ownership – Whether the several ways in which title in land can be acquired is distinguishable with the several ways in which such acquisition can be proved- IDUNDUN V & Ors Vs. OKUMAGBA & Ors as dealing with “five ways in which ownership of land may be proved”, and not the ways of acquiring title of land – As dealing with matters of evidence rather than question of substantive law of acquisition of title – Whether explains why acquisition of title by gift, grant or purchase was not mentioned in the case LAND LAW – PROOF OF TITLE TO LAND:– 5 Ways of proving title to land – Proof by traditional evidence – Proof by production of document of title – Proof by acts of ownership extending over a sufficient length of time, numerous and positive enough as to warrant the inference that the persons exercising such acts are the true owners of the land – Proof by acts of long possession – Proof by possession of connected or adjacent land in circumstances rendering it probable that the owner of such land would in addition be the owner of the land in dispute |
| PROFESSOR FOLARIN SHYLLON V. MRS. JUDITH ASEIN | |
| PURIFICATION TECHNIQUE NIG. LTD. & ORS. V. RUFAI JUBRIL & ORS. | |
| R. MELIFONWU AND OTHERS V. CHUKWUDEBE ADAZIE AND OTHERS | |
| RABIATU ADEBAYO V. RASHEED SHOGO | LAND LAW:- Declaration of title – Burden of proof on Party claiming title to land – How discharged |
| RAIMI JENYO & ANR V. AKINSANMI AKINRETI & ANR | |
| REGINALD ERNEST VERE DENNING V. DAVID GEOFFREY EDWARDES AND ANOTHER RESPONDENTS | REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW:-Eastern Africa – Kenya – Vendor and purchaser – Specific performance – Agreement for sale of land in Highlands – Part payment of purchase price – Alleged creation of unregistered charge – Admissibility of agreement – Indian Transfer of Property Act, 1882 (No. IV of 1882), s. 55 (6) (b) – Crown Lands Ordinance (Laws of Kenya, 1948, c. 155), s. 127 (2). |
| RESSEL L. Y. DAKOLO & ORS. V. GREGORY REWANE-DAKOLO & ORS. | LAND LAW – PROOF OF TITLE TO LAND BY TRADITIONAL HISTORY: – History as all about evaluating belief on the basis of credibility – Need for declaration of title to land to be granted at the discretion of the trial judge after hearing both sides – Whether to succeed a plaintiff must show how the land devolved and eventually came to be owned by him – Need for the plaintiff to narrate a continuous chain of devolution which is tested by cross-examination – Duty of trial judge at conclusion of oral testimony to decide which of the contending parties are telling the truth and proceed to grant a declaration of title to the side that he is impressed with |
| RICHARD EMEJUO NWOSU & ORS. V. GABRIEL N. NZEADIBE | |
| RSAL VULCANIZING (NIG.) LTD. V. IJESHA UNITED TRAD. & TRANS. CO. LTD | LAND LAW:- Purchase of land – Purchaser having knowledge of prior equitable interest – Effect of his subsequent purchase LAND LAW:- Sale or assignment of property – Where it is invalid – Consent of appropriate authority thereto – Whether that per se can make it valid. |
| S. A. BASHUA V. D. A. ODUNSI AND ILUBANTO | REAL ESTATE:- Landlord and Tenant – Notice of termination – Where given by son of landlord and not stated to be on behalf of landlord — Validity of ejectment of tenant based thereon – Liability of landlord and son |
| S. FATUADE V. F. C. ONWOAMANAM | |
| S. O. N. OKAFOR AND SONS LTD. V. NIGERIA HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY LTD.AND AND ORS. | REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY LAW:- Legislation (England), Conveyancing Act,1881,s.19.” – Mortgage – Statutory power of sale – Advance payable in instalments – Interest in arrears on instalments already advanced – Mortgagee’s right to sell and to set-off |
| SABALEMOTU AYINKE V. MUNIRU LAWAL AND OTHERS | LANDLORD AND TENANT:- Damages for use and occupation – Calculation of – How reckoned – Whether previous rent paid conclusive of rate of damages to be awarded LANDLORD AND TENANT:- Damages for use and occupation – Meaning of LANDLORD AND TENANT:- Mesne profits – Calculation of – How reckoned – Whether rent paid conclusive of rate of mesne profits to be awarded – Relevant considerations LANDLORD AND TENANT – Mesne profits – Meaning of |
| SAKA OLUGBODE & ANOR V. ABIDOYE SANGODEYI | LAND LAW – LAND LORD AND TENANT:- Whether a tenant can challenge the title of landlord – Whether a customary tenant can seek relief from forfeiture by means of an originating summons or counter claim LAND LAW – LANDLORD AND TENANT:- Effect of non payment of tribute by the customary tenant |
| SAM WARRI ESI V. J. A. MORUKU | REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW:- Rent – House built on Crown Land held by the plaintiff–appellant upon a lease granted to him by the Crown under the Crown Lands Ordinance (Cap. 84) – Lease containing covenant not to sublet – Effect on claim for rent |
| SAPARA V. SAPARA | |
| SARKIN TUMFAFI V. BELLO MERESNO | LAND LAW:- Extent & scope of Jurisdiction of Sharia Court of Appeal in land matters |
| SATURDAY NDIKE V. THE STATE | |
| SAULA OGUNDIMU & ANOR. V. SULE OGUNSEYE & ANOR. | |
| SHODEHINDE & ORS V. THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF THE AHMADIYYA MOVEMENT IN ISLAM | |
| SIMEON ADEPONLE V. ZAKI A SAIDI | REAL ESTATE – LANDLORD AND TENANT – Contractual and Statutory tenancy – Relationship. REAL ESTATE – LANDLORD AND TENANT – Recovery of premises – Applicable principles |
| SOLOMON OJO OLUWOLE V. MODUPE MARGARET | REAL ESTATE:- Joint property – Claim for declaration thereof – How treated |
| STEPHEN ONYENEHIDO V. M.O. BABALOLA & ANOR. | |
| SUNDAY APE V. DISU OLOMO | |
| SUNDAY IKWUJE V. ABAH ALENU | REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW – Conflict in traditional history or evidence – Resolution of – Need to refer to facts in respect of recent acts of ownership. |
| SUNDAY OGUNSINA V. SUNMONU MATANMI | LAND LAW:– Proof of title to land – Ways of proving title – Evidence of traditional history |
| SUNDAY UKWU EZE V. GILBERT ATASIE | LAND LAW:– Ownership of land – Ways by which it can be proved |
| T. A. ODUTOLA V. B.A. SAMUEL AND OTHERS | REAL ESTATE – LANDLORD AND TENANT:- Recovery of premises – Statutory notice – When applicable |
| T. S. A. INDUSTRIES LTD. V. KEMA INVESTMENTS LTD. | LAND LAW – POSSESSION:- Whether Appellate Court can order re-possession of property |
| TAIBAT ADENIJI V. TOKUNBO ONAGORUWA AND ANOR | |
| TAIYE OSHOBOJA V. ALHAJI SURAKATU AMIDA & ORS | LAND LAW/REAL ESTATE:- Declaration of title to family/communal land – Relevant considerations |
| TAJUDEEN AMUSAN & ORS V. ALHAJI SADIKU SHOLATE OREBAJO & ORS | LAND LAW- whether the declaration of title in form of the entitlement of the respondents to a statutory right of occupancy over the disputed family land granted by the court below would cut off the interest of the co-owner of an unpartitioned family land- possible parties in an action to set aside a deed- whether ownership may be proved by proof of Possession- whether a void transaction cannot be set aside |
| TEJU INVESTMENT AND PROPERTY COMPANY LIMITED V. ALHAJA MOJI SUBAIR | REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW:- Landlord and Tenant – Long lease – Subsequent tenant – Whether takes from the terms of the head title on the property – Whether can resile from terms of original lease |
| THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH V. MRS. EMMANUEL I. OLOWOLENI | REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW:- Dispute over land – Claim of possession based on Certificate of Occupancy without more – Nature of right conferred – Whether merely possessory – Certificate of Occupancy covered by the Land Tenure Law, Cap.50, Laws of Northern Nigeria (1963) applicable to Kwara State – Whether defective if its issuance did not comply the Land Tenure Law REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW:- Land held under customary tenure – Condition precedent which must be fulfilled before a valid C of O is awarded over same under the Land Tenure Law, Cap.50, Laws of Northern Nigeria (1963) applicable to Kwara State – Stipulation that a customary owner be divested of his/her title in the manner provided by law – Effect of failure thereto |
| TRIMSKAY NIGERIA LIMITED V. MRS. MUTIAT BANKOLE-OKI | LAND LAW – CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY:- Nature of a certificate of occupancy – whether there is any provision in the Land Use Act associating the certificate with title – Nature of right a Certificate of Occupancy confers – Whether a C of O confers title or nor is a necessary evidence of title – Whether only a prima facie evidence which raises a presumption that the holder is in exclusive possession and has a right of occupancy over the Land in dispute – Whether the presumption is always rebuttable and on whom onus of disproving this right lies LAND LAW – CREATION OF FAMILY PROPERTY:- What family represents – How family property can be created – by act of parties – by a declaration to that effect in a will – by operation of Law LAND LAW – CREATION OF FAMILY PROPERTY:- When a parcel of Land has the tag “Family property” attached to it – Whether it is so held in trust for all members of that family including the yet to be born, the head of the family being the trustee – Power of members of the family over the portions of such family land allocated to them – Limits of power |
| TUSTIAN V. JOHNSTON AND ANOTHER | |
| TURNSTALL V. STEIGMANN, | LANDLORD AND TENANT:- Business premises (security of tenure) – Landlord’s intention to occupy – Company – Business to be carried on by Company – Landlord’s control of company – Landlord and Tenant Act, 1954 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2, c. 56), s. 30 (1) (g). |
| U.B.N. PLC V. SCPOK (NIG.) LTD. | |
| UBA USMAN V. SALISU ABUBAKAR | REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY LAW CONVEYANCING:– Measure of damages required when property is damaged – Relevant considerations |
| UBAN KARI V. ABBA GANARAM | LAND LAW:- Grant of land – Land held under licence – Subsequent grant of right of occupancy over same land – Effect on former holding – Section 5(2)of the Land Use Act considered. LAND LAW:- Licence – Meaning of. |
| UCHE V. EKE | LAND LAW:- Declaration of title to land – Party seeking – Onus on him to establish his claim – How discharged LAND LAW:- Sale of family land – Person alleging alienation of family land to him – Onus on him – How discharged |
| UCHEGBULE AMADI & ORS. V. ONONIWU NNADI NWANYINKWO & ORS. | LAND LAW – DECLARATION OF TITLE TO LAND:- Whether a claimant in an action for declaration of title to land must identify the land on which he hinges his claim |
| UCHENDU V. OGBOM | REAL ESTATE AND LAND LAW:- Action for declaration of title – Where both sides found to be in possession – Need for plaintiff to prove better title in such a circumstance – Proper order where plaintiff fails to prove better title REAL ESTATE AND LAND LAW:- Action for declaration of title – Need for plaintiffs to prove his title against all the defendants, not just some of them. REAL ESTATE AND LAND LAW:- Action for declaration of title – Onus of proof – How it is discharged – Nature of weakness in defendant’s evidence which plaintiff can take advantage of – Admission or evidence which proves an issue in favour of plaintiff. REAL ESTATE AND LAND LAW:- Action for declaration of title – Root of title – Traditional history as root of title – Nature of averments required – Need for averments relating to devolution of the land from original founder to present claimants to leave no gaps in the line of successors |
| UDE V. CHIMBO | LAND LAW:- Trespass – action for – who can maintain – what claimant must prove to succeed LAND LAW:- Claim for declaration of title – Whether permissible to rely on other modes of acquisition the pleaded root of title having failed |
| UDEAKPU EZE V. SAMUEL IGILIEGBE AND FIVE OTHERS | LAND LAW:- Community land – Nature of holding – Whether a segment of community has power to unilaterally put persons on the land and collect rent – Applicable principles |
| UDEGBE AND OTHERS V. NWOKAFOR AND OTHERS | |
| UDENSI V. MOGBO | CUSTOMARY LAND LAW:- Kola tenancy – Landlord tenant relationship thereto– Whether does not confer right of alienation – Section 2, Cap 3 (The Administration – Real Estates) Law 1963 Laws of Eastern Nigeria in review |
| UDEZE AND OTHERS. V. CHIDEBE AND OTHERS. | LAND LAW:- Declaration of title to land – Claim based on traditional history – Proof of title to smaller portion than claimed – Effect – Communal land – Claim of exclusive ownership – Onus on claimant. |
| UDO V. EKO | LAND LAW:- Declaration of title – Where previous judgment covers small part of the total area claimed – Effect of LAND LAW:- Declaration of title to land – Proof of – Onus on the plaintiff – How discharged |
| UDOFE V. AQUSISUA | LAND LAW:- Declaration of title – Damages for trespass and injunction |
| UGBALA V. OKORIE | LAND LAW:- Declaration of Title to Land – Trespass – Injunction to restrain further acts of trespass – Credibility support of ownership – Proceedings in illegal court considered – Use of illegal evidence – Whether sufficient to vitiate trial. |
| UGBO V. ABURIME | LAND LAW:- Bini Customary land law – Priority of grant – What determines LAND LAW:- Declaration of title and injunction – Onus on plaintiff to prove area claimed – How discharged. LAND LAW:- Priority of interests over land – Principle guiding resolving LAND LAW:- Survey plans – Whether duty is on court to make super-imposition thereof LAND LAW:- Trespass – Where two parties claim possession – Who can succeed in action for trespass. |
| UGO V. OBIEKWE | REAL ESTATE AND PROPERTY LAW:- Probate -Administration of Estates – Mortgage of Deceased Estate – Binding Effect where fraud alleged – Deceased real property -Administrator’s Lien – S.2 Administration (Real Estate) Ordinance 1917 Cap.2 Law of Nigeria 1958 |
| UGOCHUKWU V. COOPERATIVE AND COMMERCE BANK (NIGERIA) LIMITED | LAND LAW:- Consent to mortgage or alienate land – Who to seek – Whether mortgagor can subsequently challenge validity of consent obtained by him LAND LAW – LAND USE ACT – Consent to mortgage or other dealings in land – Who to grant – Where power thereto delegated to commissioner – Validity of consent granted by commissioner – Section 45(1) of the Land Use Act, 1978. |
| UGOJI V. ONUKOGU | LAND LAW:- Declaration of title – Party seeking – Duty thereon to plead and prove root of title of his grantor LAND LAW:- Declaration of title – Party seeking declaration of title – Duty thereon to rely on strength of own case and not on weakness of defendant’s case – Exception thereto. |
| UGWU AND ANOTHER V. AGBO AND OTHERS | LAND LAW:- Declaration of ownership of land under customary law – Communal land – Membership of family – Necessity to prove existence of custom – Failure thereto – Whether fatal to case |
| UHUNMWANGHO V. OKOJIE | LAND LAW/REAL ESTATE:- Declaration of title to land – Land held under Bini Customary Law – Relevant considerations – Need for strict proof of identity of land – Whether can be presumed in layouts in distinction from bush or virgin lands LAND LAW/REAL ESTATE:- Declaration of title to land – Land held under Bini Customary Law – Conflicting evidence of Oba’s approval for different parties over the same piece of land – How resolved – Whether Oba’s approval is only one of many steps though a culminating step in proof of title to the said land |
| UKAH & ORS V. CHIEF CHRISTOPHER A. ONYIA & ORS | REAL ESTATE AND LAW:- Sale of property – Whether lawyers cannot act as commissioned real estate agents REAL ESTATE AND LAW:- Sale of property – Agents at large for the purposes of finding a buyer – What a real estate agent need to show to succeed in a claim for a commission – Whether Need to go beyond showing that he introduced a purchaser and also show that the introduction was an efficient cause in bringing about the sale of the property – Where shown that the introduction by an agent to the purchaser of the property and its eventual purchase by the defendant at the price proposed by the estate agent made the consummation of the transaction possible – Whether the agent cannot be ignored but should be compensated for his efforts |
| UKATTA V. NDINAEZE | LAND LAW:- Land disputes – Proof- Credibility – Evidence of traditional rulers and old men in land cases -Weight attachable thereto |
| UKAUMUNNA OTUONYE V. FRIDAY UGWUZOR | LAND LAW:– Declaration of title – Delay in instituting claim thereof – Whether material to the determination of the merits of the suit |
| UKEJIANYA V. UCHENDU | REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW:- Transfer of interest in land – Crown land licence – Comparison with tenancy – Whether an interest in Crown Lands can be transferred in the same way as land held under native law – Rights of a holder of a Temporary Occupation Licence – How governed Whether the Licence or any of the rights conferred on a Crown Licensee can be transferred to any other person |
| UKEJE V. MRS LOIS CHITURU UKEJE | |
| UME V. OKORONKWO AND ANOTHER | |
| UKPE IBODO & ORS. V. IGUASI ENAROFIA & ORS. | LAND LAW/REAL ESTATE:- Proof of title to land – Where party admits that the derivation of their title (whether as vendee or pledgee) was from a Predecessor who admits non-possession of title – Principle of nemo dat quod non habet – Effect on entire proceeding |
| UKPONG & ORS V. CROSS LINES LIMITED & ORS | LAND LAW/REAL ESTATE:- Temporary right of Occupancy – Annual renewable tenancy on state land – Failure to renew or abide by terms – Effect |
| UKWA V. AWKA LOCAL COUNCIL & ORS. | REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW:- Native Law and Custom – Land given for certain public use – Where that use abandoned – Reversion to original owner – When arises right to recover possession REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW:- Equity – Laches as a bar to recovery of possession – Acquiescence in management as a bar to damages for trespass. |
| ULUBA V. SILLO | LAND LAW:- Claim for Possessory title to property under customary law- Payment for use and occupation – Injunction – How treated |
| UME V. OKORONKWO AND ANOTHER | LAND LAW:- Caretaker of land – Status of – Whether necessary to be heard in action against alleged land owner – Failure to hear – Whether amounts to breach of audi alteram partem rule. |
| UME & ORS V. CHRISTIAN UCHECHUKWU IBE | LAND LAW – CLAIM AS TO STATUTORY RIGHT OF OCCUPANCY – IDENTITY OF LAND: Where identity of land is not clear to defendant – Whether duty bound to apply for particulars – Effect of failure thereto LAND LAW – SURVEY PLAN:- Where a piece of land in dispute is known to both parties or it is clearly ascertainable, whether from the averments in the pleadings or otherwise and its area, exact location and precise boundaries on the ground are either, unmistakably and appropriately pleaded or are admitted or acknowledged by the Defendant – Effect of non-production of survey plan thereto LAND LAW – SURVEY PLAN:- Whether Survey Plan is not a sine qua non in a claim for declaration of title to land or for statutory Right of Occupancy to enable the claimant or the Plaintiff prove or establish before the trial Court, the identity of the land in dispute |
| UMENYI V. EZEOBI | LANDLORD AND TENANT:‑ Mesne profits ‑ Meaning and scope ‑ Mesne profits and arrears of rent ‑ Relationship between LANDLORD AND TENANT:‑ Recovery of premises ‑ Filing of writ or plaint under Recovery of Premises Law ‑ Whether sufficient to dispense with filing of pleadings under the High Court Rules. |
| UMENYIORA V. OBIMBA | REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW:- Land (Perpetual Succession) Ordinance – Ownership of property of Religious Organization registered operating as a registered trustee in Nigeria but affiliated to an international parent body via a Power of Attorney – Where Nigerian Founder with member is designated as owners of the property under Power of Attorney – Whether Founder entitled to ownership of property of registered trustee body on disengagement |
| UMEOBI V. OTUKOYA | LAND LAW:- Trespass – Forcible entry – Damages – L.E.D.B. Shop – Two persons claiming to be in possession – Counterclaim for wrongful entry – Who of the two persons had a right to possession – Forfeiture – Quic quid plantator solo solo cedit – Right of entry of a person entitled to possession – Abatement of nuisance – How treated |
| UMORU YAU ENTERPRISES NIGERIA LIMITED & ANOR V. OLIVER ANUGWOM | . |
| UMUNNA AND OTHERS. V. OKWURAIWE AND OTHERS. | LAND LAW:- Claim for declaration of Exclusive possession – Damages for trespass and injunction. |
| UMOFFIA V. NDEM | LAND LAW:- Claim for recovery of possession – Evidence – Unregistered deed of grant – Inadmissible |
| UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC V. ISHOLA | REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW – CONVEYANCING:– Deed or document – Mistakes as to the content – Whether support a plea of non est factum REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW – LAND USE ACT:– Consent – Provision of sections 22 and 26 of Land Use Act 1978 – Purport of |
| UNION BANK OF (NIG) PLC V. JASE MOTORS (NIG) LTD AND ANOTHER | |
| UNION BANK OF NIGERIA LIMITED C. J. OPARA V. MRS E. E. EDET | |
| UNION BANK OF NIGERIA LIMITED V. ODUSOTE BOOKSTORE LTD | |
| UNION BANK OF NIGERIA LTD V. SAX (NIG.) LTD. | |
| UNION BANK OF NIGERIA NIGERIA PLC. V. OZIGI | |
| UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC V. AYO DARE AND SONS (NIG.) LTD | LAND USE ACT:– Consent to mortgage – Where signed by a lands officer- Validity of – Effect thereof. REAL ESTATE – LAND USE ACT:– Execution of documents before the receipt of governor’s consent- validity of – Sections 22 and 26 considered in review |
| UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. V. AYODARE AND SONS LTD. | |
| UNITED BANK OF AFRICA LIMITED V. JULIUS A. IBHAFIDON | |
| UNITY LIFE & FIRE INSURANCE CO. LTD. V. D.A. LADEGA & ORS. | |
| UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN V. ADETORO | LAND LAW:- Action for compensation – Compulsory acquisition of land by government – Whether it is High Court or the Lands Tribunal that has jurisdiction – Ss. 13 and 18, Public Lands Acquisition (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1976 |
| UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA TEACHING HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT BOARD V. NNOLI | |
| UPJOHN V. HITCHENS | REAL ESTATE/LAND LAW:- Landlord and Tenant – Aircraft Risks – Covenant to insure against Loss and Damage by Fire – Policy to be effected in named Company – Usual Policy – War Risks excepted – Admissibility of Evidence – Construction of Covenant. |
| USENFOWOKAN V. IDOWU |
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