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OLUFEMI FASESIN V. DR. JOSHUA POPOOLA OYEWOLE OYERINDE

(1997) JELR 45389 (SC)

Supreme Court  •  SC.21/1994  •  12 Dec 1997  •  Nigeria

Coram
SALIHU MODIBBO ALFA BELGORE JSC; ABUBAKAR BASHIR WALI JSC; MICHAEL EKUNDAYO OGUNDARE JSC; UTHMAN MOHAMMED JSC; SYLVESTER UMARU ONU JSC;

Judgement

S. M. A. BELGORE, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellant, Mr. Fasesin, a legal practitioner, was the defendant at the trial court and the appellant at the Court of Appeal. The respondent, Dr. Joshua Popoola Oyewole Oyerinde is a medical practitioner. The suit leading to this appeal, relates to a piece of land at Ire Akari Estate, Isola lsaga, Ikeja, Lagos. By a deed of conveyance dated 12th day of November, 1974, the Ikeja Real Estates Limited conveyed the said piece of land to the plaintiff/respondent (hereinafter referred to as the respondent) in fee simple absolute in possession. The land in question is marked Plot No 13 Block XIV Ire Akari Estate, Isola, lsaga, Ikeja. The layout of the estate was approved by the Lagos State Ministry of Works and Planning for the Ikeja Real Estates Limited on 17th day of September, 1977 in a letter of that date, the layout being numbered TPA0633. On the 30th November, 1977 the respondent had his building plan for the land approved …

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