Bamgbose v Daniel

Subject Matter

ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES — West africa (nigeria) — Succession — Intestacy — Child of marriage under Marriage Ordinance, 1884 — Polygamous marriages — In accordance with native law and custom — Right of issue to succeed on intestacy — Applicability of law of England — Marriage Ordinance, No. 14 of 1884 (Lagos), s. 41 — Statute of Distributions, 1670 (22 & 23 Car. 2, c. 10).

[1955] AC 107; [1954] 3 WLR 561; [1954] 3 All ER 263, PC

CONFLICT OF LAWS — Succession — Legitimacy — Domicile of parents at birth of child — Polygamous marriage.

[1955] AC 107; [1954] 3 WLR 561; [1954] 3 All ER 263, PC

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