Recovery of Premises (56)
HELD:
"In the case of JEGEDE & ANOR VS. INEC & ORS (2021) LPELR - 55481 (SC) (PP. 62 - 63 PARAS. C), it was held per Okoro, JSC thus:
HELD:
"The Appellant/Respondent has argued at the trial Magistrate Court and upon appeal at the High Court that the Respondent/Applicant's acceptance of the rent payment made after the issuance of the notice to quit created a new tenancy.
HELD:
"The justice of this case is very clear. The Appellant has held on to property regarding which it had breached the lease agreement from day one.
HELD:
"The strongest point made by the appellant is that the Respondent had waived their right to forfeiture by demanding and collecting rent till 1995.
HELD:
"In the instant case, the tenancy agreement binding upon the respective parties is governed by the provision of the extant Rivers Recovery of Premises Law, CAP 109, Laws of Rivers State.
HELD:
"The Appellants urged this Court to invalidate the writ of summons commencing this action at the lower Court as same was based on an invalid Notice of Owner's Intention to Recover Possession, whose validity is the condition precedent to the initiation of proceedings in Court.
HELD:
"It is an understatement to refer to the defendant in this case as simply a tenant-at-sufferance.