Supreme Court 28th November, 2014
Justices: Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, J.S.C. (Presided and Read the Leading Ruling)
John Afolabi Fabiyi, J.S.C., Sylvester Nwali Ngwuta, J.S.C., Musa Dattijo Muhammad, J.S.C.
Clara Bata Ogunbiyi, J.S.C., Kudirat Motonmori Olatokunbo Kekere-Ekun, J.S.C.
John Inyang Okoro, J.S.C.
Subject Matter(s):
Legal Personality of a Dead Person
Duty of applicant to furnish court with all necessary and vital documents for the vital documents for the due consideration of his application
Date of commencement of a document
Facts must be similar for principle to operate
For previous case of Apex Court to bind any court, the facts and law must be same or similar
Appeal filed by party which has ceased to exist is incompetent
Where party is dead, application for its substitution is incompetent
Notice of appeal filed by a dead person is incompetent
Appeal survives the interior if imbued with competence from the outset
Final Order: Appeal Dismissed