Kamanda Bongay & Anor V. F. S. Macauley (1932) LJR-WACA
Kamanda Bongay & Anor V. F. S. Macauley (1932) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Land in the Sierra Leone Protectorate—Long continued possession by non-native with consent of Tribal Authority—Claim that such possession had ripened into absolute ownership—Defiance of Paramount Chief’s authority—Forfeiture by non-native of all his interest in the land […]
Paramount Chief Kamanda Bongay & Ors V. F. S. Macauley (1931) LJR-WACA
Paramount Chief Kamanda Bongay & Ors V. F. S. Macauley (1931) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal West African Court of Appeal—Rules 10 and 11—Different times within which Application for leave to Appeal may be Entertained—Interpretation. The fact that a party may apply to the Court of Appeal for leave to […]
G. VALENTINE FELIX & Anor V. H. C. BANKOLE-BRIGHT (1930) LJR-WACA
G. VALENTINE FELIX & Anor V. H. C. BANKOLE-BRIGHT (1930) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Practice—Application for leave to appeal to Privy Council—Amount of judgment debt below appealable limit costs. Where a n appeal does not lie for mattes* in dispute below a certain value, the costs awarded cannot be […]
Fattou N’Jie V. Richard James Hall (1931) LJR-WACA
Fattou N’Jie V. Richard James Hall (1931) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Landlord and Tenant—Tenancy at Will—Possession for twelve years withow paying rent—Limitation Acts, 1833 and 1874—No necessity for adverse possession. The Plaintiff wag in the year 1913 put in occupation of certain property rent-free by one Hall. Hall died […]
Duvat & Anor V. Louis Orcel (1931) LJR-WACA
Duvat & Anor V. Louis Orcel (1931) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Practice—Appeal—Date of Fa* of-Motion—Date of Application– judicature Act, 187k section 25 (6)—Assignsund of Right of Actiow—No Notice to lhattoc—Negligence.–Common Carrier– Act of God—Onus 4 Pro4 Facts A motor car belonging to one Huchard was lost in the River […]