Francisco Canfailla V. Najib Joseph Chahin (1939) LJR-WACA
Francisco Canfailla V. Najib Joseph Chahin (1939) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Breach of Contract–Illegal contracts unenforceable—Accra Building Facts The plaintiff agreed with the defendant to construct a new building on the defendant’s land for £1,675. The specifications given in the contract differed materially from those fixed by the Building […]
Chief Quakoo Attipoe & Anor V. Chief Badu II & Ors (1939) LJR-WACA
Chief Quakoo Attipoe & Anor V. Chief Badu II & Ors (1939) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Concessions Ordinance—Certificate of Validity—Claim for rent of land—Jurisdiction—Section 48 (2) (c) of Native Administration Ordinance Cap. 76—Question of ownership—res judicata. Facts This was a claim by the purchaser of land subject to a […]
Ada Beigh V. Colin Shaw, Since Deceased (Now Represented By A. L. Shaw And Others) (1936) LJR-WACA
Ada Beigh V. Colin Shaw, Since Deceased (Now Represented By A. L. Shaw And Others) (1936) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal [Delivered by LORD PORTER] Facts This appeal concerns the administration of the estate of one Job Beigh, a trader of 17, Picton Street, Bathurst, in the Colony of Gambia, […]
Abiba Ali & Ors V. Alhaji Ali (1939) LJR-WACA
Abiba Ali & Ors V. Alhaji Ali (1939) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Facts In two clauses of his will, the testator used the words ” I leave in charge of ” The first clause concerned a house and this clause provided that the rent from this house should be […]
Ohene Tekyi Akyin II & Ors V. Kobina Abaka II (1937) & Ors LJR-WACA
Ohene Tekyi Akyin II & Ors V. Kobina Abaka II & Ors (1937) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal [Delivered by SIR LANCELOT SANDERSON] Facts This is an appeal by the defendant in the suit from the judgment of the West African Court of Appeal, dated the 21st of December, 1935, […]
Nana Akpandja V. Fiaga Egblomesse (1937) LJR-WACA
Nana Akpandja V. Fiaga Egblomesse (1937) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal [Delivered by LORD PORTER] The appellant and respondent who are concerned in the dispute which their Lordships have to consider are the chiefs of certain districts in Togoland. The appellant is the paramount chief of Buem Borada which is […]
Adabla etc. V. Gbevlo Agama & Ors (1938) LJR-WACA
Adabla etc. V. Gbevlo Agama & Ors (1938) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal [Delivered by LORD RUSSELL OF KILLOWEN] This appeal is brought from a judgment of the West African Court of Appeal (Gold Coast Session) allowing the appeal of the respondents from a judgment of the Provincial Commissioner’s Court […]
Damiana Ajike V. Simon I De Souza (now deceased) & Ors (1939) LJR-WACA
Damiana Ajike V. Simon I De Souza (now deceased) & Ors (1939) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Statute of Limitations—Absolute acknowledgment of debt or unqualified, unconditional promise to pay is necessary to take case out of Statute—Conditional promise to pay where condition not performed insufficient—Unless there is a clear acknowledgment […]
Omanhene Kwamin Bassayin & Anor V. Omanhene Bendentu II (1931) LJR-WACA
Omanhene Kwamin Bassayin & Anor V. Omanhene Bendentu II (1931) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal [Delivered by LORD RUSSELL OF KILLOWEN.] This appeal arises in a litigation between the Stool of Aowin as plaintiff and the Stool of Upper Wassaw as defendant, the main question in the litigation being what […]
Ronald Ayodele Ajayi & Anor V. A. W. B. Abina & Ors (1940) LJR-WACA
Ronald Ayodele Ajayi & Anor V. A. W. B. Abina & Ors (1940) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Devise of real property in Wiltpowers of executors and trustee,under English Act of 1925 not applicable to Nigeria—applicatio) of Land Transfer .Act 1897 to Nigeria—valid Mortgage bi executors. Facts The material facts […]