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U. OMO, JSC (Delivering the Leading Judgment): On 6/4/92 after hearing appellants' counsel, this Court did not find it necessary to call upon respondents' counsel to reply. The appeal was dismissed on the same day and adjourned to 12/6/92 when reasons for its dismissal will be given. I now give my reasons for dismissing this appeal.
The plaintiffs/respondents sued the defendants/appellants in the High Court of Lagos (Ikeja Judicial Division) claiming:
"1. Damages in the sum of ₦5,000 jointly and severally against the defendants for causing the plaintiffs pecuniary loss in respect of the proposed development of the property known and described as 142 Bamgbose Street Lagos and registered as No. LO. 3169 in the Register of Titles kept in the Lands Registry in Lagos.
2. ₦1,000.00 damages for trespass committed by the defendants their servants and agents on the said property.
3. An Order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants their servants and agents from committing further a…