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HARBOUR V. ERONINI   FEDERAL SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA 21ST NOVEMBER, 195£ FSC.124/195   BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS SIR ADETOKUNBO ADEMOLA, F.C.J. (Presided) MYLES JOHN ABBOTT, F.J. LIONEL BRETT, F.J. (Read the Judgment of the Court)   BETWEEN E.O. HARBOUR A. BASSEY OKORO L.N. OBIOHA E.O. NWOKA J.N. OKIKE P.N. UDDOH UMEZ & CO. TRANSPORT SERVICES LIMITED AND EDMUND O.U. ERONINI   REPRESENTATION: G.C.M. Onyuike (with him G.C. Nonyelu) -for the Appellants. Ashe Lincoln Q. C. (with him O. U. Eronini) -for the Respondent.   MAIN ISSUES COMPANY LAW:- Removal of Managing Director – Welfare of the Company – Whether dominant […]

HAIGHTONS (W.A.) LIMITED V. ADEROGBA AJAO & OTHERS SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA SUIT NO. SC 58/1974 6TH JANUARY, 1975 3PLR/1975/30  (SC)   OTHER CITATIONS (1975) 1 S.C. (REPRINT) 8   BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS COKER, J.S.C. SOWEMIMO, J.S.C. IBEKWE, J.S.C.   REPRESENTATION J.O. Ojosipe – for the Appellants F.R.A Williams – for the Respondents   EDITORS [Sam Eleanya, Agboola Omolola Oluwafolakemi, Eleanya Kalu Vincent, Eleanya Ugochi Vine]   MAIN ISSUES Land Law – Landlord and Tenant – Breach of Contract – Tenant altering property without consent of landlord – Waiver – Legal requirements before it can be established.   MAIN JUDGEMENT […]

  ALHAJI USMAN HADA V. ALHAJI ABDU MALUMFASHI   IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA FRIDAY, 23RD JULY, 1993. SC.283/1990 3PLR/1993/50  (SC)   OTHER CITATIONS NWLR (Pt.303)1   BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS ADOLPHUS GODWIN KARIBI-WHYTE, J.S.C. (Presided) SALIHU MODIBBO ALFA BELGORE, J.S.C. ABUBAKAR BASHIR WALI J.S.C. (Read the Leading Judgment) OLAJIDE OLATAWURA, J.S.C. IDRIS LEGBO KUTIGI, J.S.C.   EDITORS [Sam Eleanya, Agboola Omolola Oluwafolakemi, Eleanya Kalu Vincent, Eleanya Ugochi Vine]   MAIN ISSUES APPEAL -Findings of facts – Concurrent findings of facts by High Court and Court of Appeal – Attitude of the Supreme Court thereto. COURT -Admissibility -Inadmissible evidence -Duty […]

R. SANYAOLU V. MRS SHOLA COKER & ORS   IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA ON THURSDAY, THE 24TH DAY OF MARCH, 1983 SC.36/1982 3PLR/1983/21  (SC)   OTHER CITATIONS (1983) All N.L.R 157 (1983) 3 S.C 124   BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS ANTHONY NNAEMEZIE ANIAGOLU, JSC GEORGE SODEINDE SOWEMIMO, JSC MOHAMMED BELLO, JSC KAYODE ESO, JSC MUHAMMADU LAWAL UWAIS, JSC   BETWEEN R. SANYAOLU – Appellant(s) AND MRS SHOLA COKER & ORS – Respondent(s)   MAIN ISSUES EVIDENCE – Evidence from an Abortive Trial: Whether the evidence of a witness from an abortive trial, can be used in the retrial of […]

GLOVER V. ABARI FEDERAL SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA 22ND NOVEMBER, 1956. FSC. 50/1956 3PLR/1956/43 (SC)   OTHER CITATIONS   BEFORE THEIR LORDSHIPS: OLUMUYIWA JIBOWU, Ag. F.C.J. (Presided and Read the Judgment of the Court) M.C. NAGEON DE LESTANG, F.J. PERCY CYRIL HUBBARD, Ag. F.J.   BETWEEN HECTOR GLOVER Substituted by Safari Tanimowo Oshodi and Raji Oshodi AND SURAKATU ABARI   EDITORS [Sam Eleanya, Agboola Omolola Oluwafolakemi, Vincent Eleanya Kalu, Eleanya Ugochi Vine]   MAIN ISSUES APPEAL – Ground of appeal -Judgment against weight of evidence – Effect. EVIDENCE – Witnesses – Reconcilable contradiction in evidence of witnesses – How reconciled. […]