Ofoasi Stool Per Kweku Nunsin & Ors V. Akyiasihene Kofi Abu & Anor (1942) LJR-WACA
Ofoasi Stool Per Kweku Nunsin & Ors V. Akyiasihene Kofi Abu & Anor (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Appeal to wrong Native Tribunal—Judgment of Court of original jurisdiction stands. Facts The Native Tribunal of Gyase Clan gave judgment for the plaintiff in an action relating to ownership of land. […]
Nana Adu Kofi III V. Bechemhene Nana Fosu Gyeabuor (1942) LJR-WACA
Nana Adu Kofi III V. Bechemhene Nana Fosu Gyeabuor (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Conditional leave to appeal to the Privy Council—SecurityMotion for order approving sureties—Order involving family property set aside. Facts This is an application to set aside, -vary or discharge the order of a single judge of […]
Nana Prah Agyinsaim Of Koshea V. George Grant & Ors (1942) LJR-WACA
Nana Prah Agyinsaim Of Koshea V. George Grant & Ors (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Judgment in absence of defendant—Discretion of Court to set aside. Facts The plaintiffs instituted an action againtit defendants claiming damages and an injunction. After repeated adjournments made at the instance of defendants and their […]
Nana Obosu Enu I. & Ors V. J. B. Biney, Otherwise Known As Nana Essendoh IV (1942) LJR-WACA
Nana Obosu Enu I. & Ors V. J. B. Biney, Otherwise Known As Nana Essendoh IV (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Claim for declaration that election of Paramount Chief was contrary to. Native custom and Native Administration Ordinance—Plea of no jurisdiction by virtue of the Native Administration Ordinance and […]
Messrs F. & M. Khoury Of Nsawam V. Ohene Kwaku Amoah II And Others All Of Asamanxese (1942) LJR-WACA
Messrs F. & M. Khoury Of Nsawam V. Ohene Kwaku Amoah II And Others All Of Asamanxese (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Procedure—Execution—Change of parties—Order 43. rule 27. There was an application for an order substituting another defendant after judgment which was granted. The applicants moved under Order 43 […]
Kwamin Boadit & Ors V. Kobina Fosit & Ors (1942) LJR-WACA
Kwamin Boadit & Ors V. Kobina Fosit & Ors (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Action in Native Tribunal—Family lands—Interest of individual member—Trespass—Judgment according to substance of claim rather than to form of writ. Facts The plaintiff-appellant claimed in the Native Tribunal of Ajumako that certain lands belonged to a […]
Kobina Arba Taylor V. W. Ward Brew & Ors (1942) LJR-WACA
Kobina Arba Taylor V. W. Ward Brew & Ors (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Trust Deed–Conveyance of property on intestacy to settlor’s father and solicitor—Undue influence—Onus in rebuttal lies upon solicitor. Facts The settlor, a young woman, on attaining the age of ’21, inherited a considerable fortune under the […]
K. W. Mahtani Of Accra Trading As Mahtani Brothers V. G. P. Daswani Of Accra & Ors (1942) LJR-WACA
K. W. Mahtani Of Accra Trading As Mahtani Brothers V. G. P. Daswani Of Accra & Ors (1942) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Libel—Certainty and particularity of pleadings as to special damages. Facts The plaintiff published in the African Morning Post Newspaper Public Notice which contained words which the trial […]