Land Law (544)
HELD:
"The Respondent in his bid to establish a better title, set up a variety of inconsistent roots of title which did not go back as far as the Kuforiji family to whom it is accepted that the land originally belonged.
HELD:
"Secondly, the respondent was asserting that appellant was a tenant on the land or that he was claiming under the title of a tenant on the land.
HELD:
"Apart from the documentary EXHIBITS, it is also not in dispute that Appellant was in possession hence respondent sought possession.
HELD:
"The case of CHINWEIZU V MAZI (1989) 1 NWLR PT 97.S. C P. 254 does not support the principle that a single child of one of the three alleged joint tenants and all of whom died survived by issues, is entitled to claim ownership of the land under the rule of jus accrescendi as held by the lower Court.
HELD:
"I refer to Section 6(2) and 16 of Limitation Law, Cap 61 Laws of Ogun State 1978.
HELD:
"Family property can be established in a number of ways which include succession upon death intestate of the original owner as in his case.
HELD:
"The beneficial possession granted in favour of the defendant seems to imply, gratuitously, that he had been conferred with title over the disputed land.