The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[1952] AC 387
[JUDICIAL COURT]
MEMUDU LAGUNJU APPELLANT; AND OLUBADAN-IN-COUNCIL AND ANOTHER RESPONDENTS.
ON APPEAL FROM THE WEST AFRICAN COURT OF APPEAL.
1952 May 5.
LORD NORMAND, LORD RADCLIFFE and LORD ASQUITH OF BISHOPSTONE.
West Africa (Nigeria)
— Chief
— Appointment
— Whether in accordance with native law and custom
— Governor the sole judge
— Jurisdiction of courts excluded
— “Due inquiry”
— Duties of Governor
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Appointment and Deposition of Chiefs Ordinance, 1948, c. 12 of Nigeria (No. 14 of 1930 as amended by No. 20 of 1945), s. 2 (1) (2).