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• LAND LAW - Proof of title to land - Identity of land - Duty of the Plaintiff to show the court clearly the area of land to which his claim relates

  OKON UDOFE V. CHIEF AKPAN AQUAISUA (1973-LCER-8065-SC) “It must be remembered, however, that apart from the issue of estoppel, the learned trial Judge disbelieved the plaintiffs/appellants both as to the…

• LAND LAW: Title to Land - Burden of proof in an action for declaration of title to land

  "It is thus for the respondent herein who claims declaration of title to the land in dispute, trespass and injunction against the appellant to establish his title by supplying credible…

• LAND LAW - Title to land - Ways of proving ownership or title to land - Whether the plaintiff needs to prove all the five ways to succeed:

  "It has for long been a settled law, that claim of title to a land can be established in any of the following five ways or modes, namely:- (i) By…

• LAND LAW - Declaration of Title to Land - Duty of the defendant where a plaintiff has established his title

  "In land suits for declaration of title of ownership, it is the accepted law that where a plaintiff traces his title to one whose title to ownership has been established,…

• LAND LAW - Declaration of title to land - Duty of court to exercise its discretion to grant title to land judicially

  GILBERT AKINDOYIN AWOMUTI V. ALHAJI JIMO SALAMI & ORS (1978-LCER-1727-SC) “It is true that the remedy of declaration of title to land, being a matter for the discretion of the…