12/08/2023
*If a woman buys property in the name of her husband, it doesn't belong to him, but if a husband buys a property in the name of his wife, it belongs to her.*
Case:
JOLUGBO & ANOR v. AINA & ANOR
(2016) LPELR-40352(CA)
The law also makes a distinction between the husband and the wife - when a wife buys a property, and conveys it in the name of her husband, there is no presumption of advancement infavour of her husband; he holds in trust for his wife. However, if the husband purchases a property in his wife's name, this is prima facie a gift to her - see Silver v. Silver (1958) 1 All E. R.523."
Per Justice AMINA ADAMU AUGIE, JCA
(as she then was)
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