ISAAC JOHNSON SUNDAY OKEREKE MARY JOHNSON V. EMMANUEL OSAYE

MUKHTAR, JCA(Delivering the Lead Judgment): In a writ of summons taken out by the plaintiff/respondent, in the High Court of Plateau State sitting at Shendam, the plaintiff’s claim reads as follows: “The plaintiff ’s claim against the defendants jointly and severally is for the sum of N81,520.00 (Eighty one thousand, five hundred and twenty Naira) being items stolen, by the 1st defendant in the compound of the plaintiff situated behind A.P. Filing Station Shendam - Lafia Road. That the 2nd and 3rd defendants are the guardians of the first plaintiff. The items stolen by the 1st defendant are as enumerated below:- (1) 14 Wrappers valued at N57,000.00 (2) 2 Blouses ” “ 2,000.00 (3) 3 Women gowns ” “ 2,000.00 (4) 2 Headties “ “ 1,500.00 (5) Raw Cash 5,000.00 (6) 4 Pair of shirt “ “ 2,200.00 (7) 2 Radio Cassettes “ 7,000,00 A (8) A Pair of shoe “ “ 1,500.00 (9) An Electric Touchlight 620.00 (10) 1 Motor tyre valued at 800.00 Total = N81,520.00 less 600 hundred Naira plus cost of this act…