Intestate estate administration

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• NKIRU AMOBI V. GRACE O. NZEGWU & ORS (2014)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  13 December 2013

  Summary of Nkiru Amobi v. Grace O. Nzegwu & Ors involving estate distribution and the validity of marriages under Nigerian law.

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  • Fresh issues on appeal→
  • Letters of administration→
  • Ratio decidendi and obiter dictum→
  • administration of estates law of lagos state, section 22→
  • appellate restraint on findings of fact→
  • bigamy under marriage act, section 39→
  • customary marriage invalidity→
  • decree nisi and decree absolute→

• EZEAKU V. OKONKWO (2012)→

  Court

  Court of Appeal (Enugu Division)

  Judgment date

  14 April 2011

  Case summary of Ezeaku v. Okonkwo addressing issues of marriage dissolution and jurisdiction of originating summons in court.

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  • Originating summons→
  • affidavit construction and evidential weight→
  • controversy of facts requiring pleadings→
  • conversion of originating summons to writ of summons→
  • customary law marriage→
  • dissolution of customary marriage→
  • intestate estate administration→
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• PAULINA SEBASTIAN AKPAN V. MRS. ANTHONIA ALPHONSUS ETIM UDOH (2007)→

  Court

  Court of Appeal (Calabar Division)

  Judgment date

  20 June 2007

  Summary of Paulina Sebastian Akpan v. Mrs. Anthonia Alphonsus Etim Udoh, highlighting key legal issues and court findings.

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  • Court of Appeal Act section 16→
  • appeal from judgment→
  • binding effect of pleadings→
  • cancellation of certificate of occupancy→
  • evidence act 1990 section 149(d)→
  • failure to evaluate evidence→
  • framing issues from grounds of appeal→
  • hypothetical and academic issues→

• EMOKPAE VS. IDUBOR (2003)→

  Court

  Court of Appeal (Benin Division)

  Judgment date

  7 April 2003

  Summary of Emokpae vs. Idubor (2003) case, focusing on the administration of estates and widow's rights under Bini Native Law.

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  • Audi alteram partem→
  • Fair hearing→
  • Judicial discretion→
  • Letters of administration→
  • Stay of proceedings→
  • administration of estates law 1976 (bendel state/edo state), section 1(3)→
  • appellate interference with discretionary decisions→
  • bini native law and custom→

• CHARLES DELE IGUNBOR V. MRS. OLABISI AFOLABI & ANOR (2001)→

  Court

  Supreme Court of Nigeria

  Judgment date

  11 May 2001

  A detailed analysis of the Supreme Court case regarding the application for letters of administration related to the intestate estate of P. A. Igunbor.

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  • Letters of administration→
  • Motion on notice→
  • Writ of summons→
  • administration of estates law, oyo state, sections 20, 21 and 26(1)(a)→
  • caveat against grant of letters of administration→
  • final and interlocutory orders→
  • formulation of issues on appeal→
  • intestate estate administration→