SUPREME COURT & COURT OF APPEAL DECISIONS (13665)
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HELD:
"The five ways by which title to land may be proved are as follows:
HELD:
"to succeed in a claim for a declaration of title to land, the claimant (here, the appellant) has the onus of proving his case.
HELD:
"The lower Court merely, appropriately, conducted a housekeeping exercise and noted an apparently helpless and hopeless process in its record.
HELD:
"The fact that the lower Court treated the question of the abandonment of the statement on oath in issue in its judgment did not amount to denial of fair hearing to the appellant, who had the opportunity to address the Court on the issue but failed or abstained from doing so.
HELD:
"In resolving the first issue set by the appellant in this appeal, it is sufficient to refer to Order 32 Rule 2(3) of the Ekiti State High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2020, which provides that the oral examination of a witness during his evidence-in-chief shall be limited to confirming his written deposition and tendering in evidence all disputed documents or other exhibits referred to in the deposition.
HELD:
"it is easy to narrow down the bone of contention between the parties in this appeal. It is simply whether the powers of the 1st Respondent provided for in Paragraph 30 Part 1 of the Third Schedule to the Constitution cover the enlistment of recruit constables into the 1st Appellant.
HELD:
"...In the same case, his Lordship explained the doctrine of "covering the field" at page 204, paras. G - H thus: