CHIEF S.A. DADA & ORS. V. OTUNBA A. OGUNSANYA & ANOR.

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CHIEF S.A. DADA & ORS. V. OTUNBA A. OGUNSANYA

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& ANOR.

1. CHIEF S.A. DADA

10 2. CHIEF I.O. AJAYI

3.

RT.REV. OLUWOLE AJEDITI

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(Acting Primate African Church) )

4.

CHIEF S.A. AYOKO

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(Conference Secretary African Church)

V.

1.

OTUNBA ADENIRAN OGUNSANYA)

(nominated Lay President African

Church.)

20 2. OTUNBA J. OLUNFEMIWA AWOPEJU

(vice Lay President African

Church.)

APPEAL No. SC. 287/1990.

SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA

KAWU,

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J.S.C.

BELGORE,

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J.S.C.

WALT,

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J.S.C.

OLATAWURA,

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J.S.0

OMO,

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J.S.C.

10th April, 1992.

Appeals -

Relying on issues for determination filed in the Court of Appeal at the Supreme

Court without setting same out in brief of argument thereat - Propriety of

Cause of Action -

Disclosure of a reasonable cause of actiorlin pleadings under Order 22

Rule 4 of the High Court of Lagos (Civil Procedure) Rules 1972 - What the Court

should consider.

Interpretation and Construction -

Order 22 of the High Court of Lagos (Civil Procedure)

Rules 1972.

Locus Standi - Raising the issue of locus standi under order 22 rule 4 of the High Court of

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Lagos (Civil Procedure) Rules 1972 - Propriety of.

Words and Phrases -

Locus Standi - Meaning of

ISSUES:

50 1. Whether the issue of

locus stand!

can properly be raised under order 22 rule 4

of the High Court of Lagos (Civil Procedure) Rules 1972.

2.

What should a court consider in deciding whether or not pleadings disclose a

reasonable cause of action under order 22 rule 4 of the High Court (Civil

Procedure) Rules 1972?

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RESPONDENTS

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