CaseLaw
The Plaintiff/Appellant brought an action at the High Court of Mubi of the old Gongola State - now Adamawa State, against the Defendants/Respondents over a land dispute claiming the following reliefs: an injunction to restrain the Defendant or his servants, agents and privies from continuing to perpetuate the act of trespass on the Plaintiff/Appellant’s land and the sum of N40, 000.00k (Forty Thousand Naira only) as general and special damages. Pleadings were filed and exchanged between parties. The Plaintiff/Appellant called only one witness -an official of the Ministry of Lands and Survey, applied for joinder of the 2nd and 3rd Respondents and at the same time amended his statement of claim. The Defendants called two witnesses. At the end of the trial, the trial Judge gave judgment in favour of the Defendants/Respondents. Dissatisfied with the judgment, the Plaintiff/Appellant appealed to the Court of Appeal which affirmed the judgment of the trial Court. Still not satisfied the Plaintiff/Appellant has appealed to this Court.
Could it truly be said that there were sufficiently material conflicts in the...