“On the other hand, it is agreed that when an appeal lies from a customary court to a magistrate’s court, the Magistrate’s Court may decide the issue of title raised in the suit: Section 25 of the Magistrates’ Courts Law and Section 47 of the Customary Courts Law. Thus a magistrate’s court may be competent to decide an issue as a court of appeal which it could not entertain as a court of first instance.”
JURISDICTION – Jurisdiction of The Magistrate Court – Appellate jurisdiction of the magistrate Court
JURISDICTION – Jurisdiction of the Magistrate Court – Whether the Magistrate Courts of the Federal Territory of Lagos can exercise original jurisdiction in any matter which raises any issue as to title to land or interest in landJURISDICTION – Jurisdiction of Customary Court – Whether the Customary Court of Eastern Nigeria can determine questions of family status