ALHAJI ISIAKA DOSUNMU V. BEATRICE ADESOMO JOTO

ANIAGOLU, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment):The matter in contest in this appeal is the derivative title of the plaintiff to a plot of land plot 26 in Adewale Family Approved Layout, Bariga Village, Shomolu, in Ikeja Division of Lagos State, the bone of contention being the quantum of evidence, by the plaintiff, sufficient to justify a declaration of title of ownership to the plot of land, in her favour.

The writ of summons was taken out in the High Court of Lagos by a lady, one Mrs Beatrice Adesomo Joto, a trader residing at 135 Ibadan Street, Ebute-Metta, Lagos, against one Alhaji Isiaka Olatunji Dosunmu, a Businessman and General Contractor, residing at 22 Kusa Street, Pedro, Bariga, Lagos, in the following terms:

"The plaintiffs claim is for:-

(i) A declaration of title of a piece or parcel of land lying, situated and being at or otherwise known as Plot 26 in Adewale Family Approved Layout, Bariga Village, Shomolu, Ikeja Division, Lagos, State of Nigeria as contained in a …