Documentary Evidence (136)
HELD:
"Section 84 is reproduced as follows:-
HELD:
"After all, it has been held in numerous decisions of this Court that documents must not be dumped on the Court but must be demonstrated by linking them to specific aspects of party's case.
HELD:
"Section 84 of the Evidence Act must now be examined. It reads:-
HELD:
"... An exhibit, documentary evidence is a thing relied on by the party producing it for the sole purpose of strengthening his case.
HELD:
"Interpreting provisions similarly worded like Section 84 (supra), the defunct House of Lords [per Lord Griffiths] had this to say in R v. Shepherd [1993] 1 All ER 225, 231, paragraphs A-C, [HL]:
HELD:
"I have seen and gone through the INEC Certificate in respect of Exhibit N1 - N33 in the instant case only shows the signature of one Ishaka Bala senior legal officer Independent National Electoral Commission Adamawa State who authenticated the certificate on 16th March, 2019.
HELD:
"Where documentary evidence (post-mortem report) supports oral testimony (PW4's testimony) oral testimony becomes more credible.
HELD:
"There was evidence that in 2007, the parties submitted to customary arbitration over the said land (Okpulor) in dispute.