George Asafu-ad Jaye (Adonten-nene) V. John Holt & Anor (1940) LJR-WACA
George Asafu-ad Jaye (Adonten-nene) V. John Holt & Anor (1940) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Claim for commission on cash sales made with approval of the Agent. Held : The Plaintiff-Appellant’s agreement cannot be construed so as to entitle him to commission on all cash sales, but only on those […]
Yaw Anane As Successor To Akwesi Sarkodieh (Deceased) Of Aduam V. Kwabena Efriyea (1940) LJR-WACA
Yaw Anane As Successor To Akwesi Sarkodieh (Deceased) Of Aduam V. Kwabena Efriyea (1940) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Action commenced in Native Court transferred to Chief Commissioner’s Appeal Court—Interlocutory judgment that mailer was not res judicata— from adecisionquestion raised again before a different Chief Commissioner and of Chiefcontrary ruling […]
Alfred Glomani Armah V. Rex (1940) LJR-WACA
Alfred Glomani Armah V. Rex (1940) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Failure to call an eye-witness of the transaction not fatal to conviction. Appeal dismissed. Held : It is a matter of severe comment that an eye-witness of the all-important transaction was not called as a witness, but the failure […]
Ad Joa Aduwa V. G. O. Abosi (1940) LJR-WACA
Ad Joa Aduwa V. G. O. Abosi (1940) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Action for trespass and for an Order to set aside a sale under writ of Fi. Fa.–proposal of an alternative security which did not materialise. Held : There had been no unconditional release of the security held […]
Nchirahene Ko Jo Ado V. Buoyemhene Ko Jo Wusu (1940) LJR-WACA
Nchirahene Ko Jo Ado V. Buoyemhene Ko Jo Wusu (1940) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Claim to establish right of ownership—Test as laid down in Kodwo Nkoom v. Kwamin Etsiaku (1922) F.C. followed and Appeal dismissed. Held : The fact that the defendant has spent money on improvement of the […]
Adabla, etc. V. Gbevlo Agama & Ors (1940) LJR-WACA
Adabla, etc. V. Gbevlo Agama & Ors (1940) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Proceedings originally commenced in Native Tribunal of Ada—appeal to Provincial Commissioner’s Court—further appeal to this Court in which Provincial Commissioner’s judgment set aside and Native Tribunal’s judgment restorel–on appeal to Privy Council case remitted to this Court […]
Kartey Adabaar & Ors V. Amusu etc. & Anor (1940) LJR-WACA
Kartey Adabaar & Ors V. Amusu etc. & Anor (1940) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Claim for possession of a creek, and injunction to restrain from ontry therein—Meaning of ” a fishery period of five years “—Appeal dismissed. Held : The term ” a fishery period of five years ” […]
Ababio, etc. & anor. V. Dennis, etc. & Anor (1940) LJR-WACA
Ababio, etc. & anor. V. Dennis, etc. & Anor (1940) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Application for conditional leave to appeal to the Privy Council—distinction between final and interlocutory judgments—application for leave refused. Held : The judgment of the Court against which leave is sought to appeal was an interlocutory […]
E. Nortei Ababio V. W. A. Kwao & Ors (1940) LJR-WACA
E. Nortei Ababio V. W. A. Kwao & Ors (1940) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Appeal from a decision of the Provincial Commissioner’s Court dismissing an appeal from the Ga Mantse’s Tribunal—meaning of word “decision ” in Sec. 78 of the N.A. Ordinance. Held : (1) The Ga Mantse’s tribunal […]
Omanhene Akyi Ababio V. Kwamin Ackumpong (1940) LJR-WACA
Omanhene Akyi Ababio V. Kwamin Ackumpong (1940) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Writ issued in the Native Tribunal of the State Council.–case transferred by Provincial Commissioner to the Divisional Court—Stale Council had no jurisdiction to entertain the claim on the writ—such jurisdiction only possessed by the Paramount Chief’s Tribunal–claim accordingly […]