Agbamu v. Ofili (2004) 5 NWLR (Pt. 867) 540 at 570 thus: “Mesne profits are therefore the profit accruing from the date the defendant ceases to hold the premises as a tenant to the date he gives up possession.”
WHAT IS MESNE PROFIT
The expression “mesne profits” is used to describe the sum due to a landlord from the time his tenant ceases to hold the premises as tenant to the time such tenant gives up possession. Mesne profits are the rents and profits which a trespasser has, or might have received or made during his occupation of...