Land Law (544)
HELD:
"I am also in agreement with the lead judgment that the Appellant has proved his title to the land by the production of the Certificate of Occupancy issued to the predecessor in title of the Respondent, Alhaji Tahiru Musa.
HELD:
"The law is settled on how a claimant can prove his title to land.
HELD:
"The production and reliance on document of title by a party imposes a duty on Court to inquire into some or all of a number of questions including:
HELD:
"In the instant appeal, the Appellants have pegged their root of title as can be seen from their pleadings on traditional evidence.
HELD:
"In this appeal, the learned trial Judge found amongst others that the Respondent was in exclusive possession of the disputed land until the Appellants entered upon it without his consent and approval.
HELD:
"In the present case, the issue of the identity of the land in dispute was made an issue by the learned trial Judge in his own judgment resulting in that judgment being set aside on appeal on the main ground of being perverse by the Court below, the judgment of which is now on appeal.