Conveyancing Law (7)
HELD:
"For the determination of this issue, the documents exhibits A, B, and C are very relevant.
HELD:
"... for a Deed of Assignment itself to be conclusive proof of ownership of the property, it must satisfy the following conditions that is, if it is:
HELD:
"For the determination of this issue, the documents exhibits A, B, and C are very relevant.
HELD:
"Where there is a conveyance made pendente lite even though the alienation be for never so good a consideration, yet if made pendent lite...........
HELD:
"By its meaning and intendment, a Power of Attorney does not convey title.
Privies in estate always include the vendor, purchaser, lessor and lessee. [Po 162] Para. A
"In this instant case, the 1st Respondent being an innocent purchaser of the landed property in question cannot be regarded as a stranger or new party and as such his inclusion would not prevent the application of the defence of Res Judicata. See Coker v. Sanyaolu (1976) NSCC 566, 575. With regard to the third Respondent, his inclusion in the suit was because he is a nominal or statutory party who conducted or supervised the attachment and sale of the landed property. Similarly, his inclusion in the suit could not be regarded as fatal to the defence of res judicata in the suit too. " -Per Sanusi, JSC. [Po 162] Paras. A-C Cole v. Jibunoh & Ors. [2016] 1 M. J. S. C (Pt. I)
"It is for that reason a registrable instrument by virtue of Section 3(2) of the Land Registration Law, CAP 85, Laws of Kaduna State of Nigeria, 1991 which requires all instruments including power of Attorney affecting land to be registered.