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WHAT IS MESNE PROFIT

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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 the premises, and which therefore he must pay over to the true owner as compensation for the tort which he has committed.

Mesne profits mean intermediate profits, id est profits, accruing between two points of time, that is between the date when the tenant ceases to hold the premises as a tenant and the date when he gives up possession.

– Tobi JSC. Odutola v. Papersack (2007)

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MESNE PROFIT: WHAT IT IS?

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.”