<p>A. I. KATSINA-ALU, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This case originated in the High Court of Plateau State Judicial Division in suit No. PLD/J210/90. The plaintiff Roda Yassin in that suit had claimed against the defendant Joseph Saliba as per paragraph 20 of the Amended Statement of Claim as follows:</p><p> &quot;WHEREFORE the plaintiff claims against the defendant the sum of N2,997,000.00.</p><p> PARTICULARS:</p><p> Second hand value of the Bohler Quarry Drill Rig and Hammer N200,000.00;</p><p> Second hand value of the Ingersoll Rand Compressor N150,000.00 Cost of </p><p> transporting the equipment to Kaduna N2,000.00; Loss of use of the equipment from </p><p> May 1985 to the date of filing of the writ N2,645,000.00. </p><p> In the alternative the plaintiffclaims from the defendant </p><p> the sum of N2,997,000.00</p><p> PARTICULARS:</p><p> The return of the Ingersoll Rand Compressor in the condition </p><p> in which it was Second hand value of the Bohler Quarry Drill Rig and </p><p> Hammer N200,000.00 </p><p> Cost of transporting the equipment to Kaduna N2,000.00</p><p> Lo…</p>