G. A. OGUNTADE, J.S.C (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The original plaintiff at the trial court was Alhaji Bisiriyu Sule, He died whilst the matter was before the court below on appeal. The present appellants were substituted for him by the court below, similarly the original defendants were three, The 2nd and 3rd of them died whilst the case was pending at the trial .court, The subsisting 1st defendant prosecuted the case to conclusion at the High Court. He also died whilst the matter was before the court below. The present respondents were accordingly substituted for him.
The appellants, as the representatives of Ikotun and Matori families of Iyesi Otta, Ogun State brought their suit against the respondent (as defendant) as the representative of Isidana Family of Iyesi, Otta, Ogun State. In their 3rd Further Amended Statement of Claim, the appellants claimed against the respondents the following reliefs:
"1. A declaration that the plaintiff is entitled to a statutory right of o…