Commissioner Of Police V. G. A. Ankrah & Ors (1939) LJR-WACA
Commissioner Of Police V. G. A. Ankrah & Ors (1939) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Previous convictions. When previous convictions are alleged the admission thereof by the accused should be recorded ; in the absence of such admission they should be proved and a record made of such proof. There […]
Cole V. Jead (1939) LJR-WACA
Cole V. Jead (1939) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Validity of lease—Authority to execute lease by Deed—Holding out as agent—Lease for term of less than three years need not be under seal—Notice to quit. Facts The plaintiff had held out his son Dan Cole as his agent and Manager of […]
Chief Kweku Serbeh V. Ohene Kobina Karikari (1938) LJR-WACA
Chief Kweku Serbeh V. Ohene Kobina Karikari (1938) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal In the present suit the appellant seeks to have the boundary determined as between his tribal lands and those of the responde t as regards the part of that boundary that is in dispute. The Chief Commissioner, […]
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 […]