<p class="ql-align-justify"> <strong><span style="background-color: transparent">UGOCHUKWU ANTHONY OGAKWU, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgement): </span></strong><span style="background-color: transparent">This action was commenced at the Upper Area Court, Kaltungo, Gombe State, wherein the Appellant herein as claimant before the trial Upper Area Court sued the Respondents’ herein for trespassing onto his farmland by exceeding beyond the boundary of their separate contiguous lands. The Respondent denied the claim and the matter was subjected to a plenary hearing with the parties adducing testimonial evidence. The trial Upper Area Court entered judgment in favour of the Appellant herein, conclusively holding that:</span></p><p class="ql-align-justify"><em><span style="background-color: transparent">‘’’Base </span></em><span style="background-color: transparent">[sic]</span><em><span style="background-color: transparent"> on the reason we stated above we conferred </span></em><span style="background-color: transparent">[sic]</span><em><span style="background-color: transparent"> title of the disputed land to the plaintiff James Lafiro base </span></em><span style="background-color: transparent">[sic]</span><em><span style="background-color: transparent"> on the weight of evidence adduced by the plaintiff.’’</span></em></p><p class="ql-align-justify"> <span style="background-color: transparent">The Respondents herein were dissatisfied with the decision of the Upper Area Court and they appealed against the same to the appellate jurisdiction of the High Court of Gombe State (hereinafter the lower court) in </span><strong><u><span style="background-color: transparent">APPEAL NO. GM/19A…</span></u></strong></p>