Nortey Tsuru V. James Nortei Yebuah (1941) LJR-WACA
Nortey Tsuru V. James Nortei Yebuah (1941) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Jurisdiction of Native Tribunal under the Native Adminiaristion (Colony) Ordinance—Claim made in Divisional- Court for an account of £45 lent to Defendant for trading purposes sis 1900—Trial Judge ordered that as the amount did net excewl the jurisdiction […]
Nkwantahene Nana Adu Kofi III V. Bechemhene Nana Fosu Gyeabuor II (1941) LJR-WACA
Nkwantahene Nana Adu Kofi III V. Bechemhene Nana Fosu Gyeabuor II (1941) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Dispute as to ownership of land—Appeal from Asantehene’s Divisional Court ” B ” to Asantehene’s Court ” A ” and thence to Court of Chief Commissioner—Effect of record of enquiry terminating in an […]
Mohamed Ali V. L. Ambrosini Ltd (1941) LJR-WACA
Mohamed Ali V. L. Ambrosini Ltd (1941) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Contract of employment—Admissibility of document—Termination of employment. In a claim for the difference between salary alleged to be due and the amount actually paid the trial Judge admitted a copy of an agreement with one Auerbacher which appeared […]
Michael Phares V. Joseph Abdallah (1941) LJR-WACA
Michael Phares V. Joseph Abdallah (1941) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Defendant pleaded admitted indebtedness on Promissory Note and pleaded settlement. Held: Onus of proof of settlement being on him and undischarged, appeal dismissed. The facts are sufficiently set out in the judgment. Tuboku-Meteger (Cummings John with him) for Defendant-Appellant. […]
Lawani Brimah Onisiwo & Ors V. Taiwo Gbamgboye & Ors (1941) LJR-WACA
Lawani Brimah Onisiwo & Ors V. Taiwo Gbamgboye & Ors (1941) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Family property—Thirty years’ lease without consent of Overlord Supreme family—Rightsforfeited . thereby—Whatconstitutes Court.misbehaviour involving forfeiture?–Must be challenge to Overlord’s rights:71’…mFase to be considered on its own facts. There is no need to set out […]
Kwasi Safo V. Chief Kofi Yensu & Ors (1941) LJR-WACA
Kwasi Safo V. Chief Kofi Yensu & Ors (1941) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal lnterpleader Suit—Techiman Stool alleged that land attached Appeal from belonged to them and not to Offuman Stool—Traditional tiidernt history of Offuman lands—Res judicata—Powers of court. Committee of Privileges Offuman Stool borrowed money fromPlaintiff and gave a […]
Kojo Atta Alias Tanix V. Kwaku Apawu Of Patassi & Ors (1941) LJR-WACA
Kojo Atta Alias Tanix V. Kwaku Apawu Of Patassi & Ors (1941) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Damages awarded for Trespass on alleged Stool Property—Original Plaintiff, suing as Odikro of Dahia, died—Present Plaintiff substituted as Odikro–Court below found Plaintiff was not Odikro—No appeal on this point—Court below satisfied that trespass […]
K. W. Mahtani Of Accra & Anor V. (I. P. Daswani Of Accra As Attorney Of Utoomal & Ors (1941) LJR-WACA
K. W. Mahtani Of Accra & Anor V. (I. P. Daswani Of Accra As Attorney Of Utoomal & Ors (1941) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Libel—Notice inserted in Newspaper by Defendant—Trial Judge found that an innuendo in the Notice imputing Insolvency was established—Innuendo imputing Insolvency was not pleaded by the […]
Julia Elizabeth Taylor V. Eustace Taylor Cummings (1941) LJR-WACA
Julia Elizabeth Taylor V. Eustace Taylor Cummings (1941) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Construction of fill—(a) Devise of land “for the term of her natural life ” and (b) destination of property where devisee dies unmarried ” before attaining the age of twenty-one years or marriage.” Held : (a) The […]
James Latunde Aderoxit V. United Africa Company Limited (1941) LJR-WACA
James Latunde Aderoxit V. United Africa Company Limited (1941) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Respondents were Mortgagees in possession since 1921—High Court Judgment against Respondents for amount due in excess of mortgage account and order for re-conveyance—Questions as to periods for which rent paid to Respondents to be offset and […]