Ohene Appon Ababio V. Ohene Doku Kanga (1933) LJR-WACA
Ohene Appon Ababio V. Ohene Doku Kanga (1933) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Boundary dispute—Claim for demarcatimi of boundary between two divisions of one State—Res judicata—Weight of evidence—Longpossession. Facts The plaintiff, in his representative capacity as Ohene of Assents in the State of Eastern Akim, instituted a suit in the […]
Cudjoe Amuakwa V. Kwa Gurah & Ors (1933) LJR-WACA
Cudjoe Amuakwa V. Kwa Gurah & Ors (1933) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Undefended List—Order 2 rule 11 of Schedule 2—No grounds of defence shown—Refusal to grant leave to defend—Review of such refusal. Facts Two suits for liquidated money demands were entered for hearing in the ” Undefended List ” […]
Amokwandoh V. United African Co. Ltd & Anor (1933) LJR-WACA
Amokwandoh V. United African Co. Ltd & Anor (1933) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Lease by a native A. not purporting to contract in any representative capacity to a European Firm—Judgment of a Native Tribunal prohibiting A . from collecting any rents under the lease and declaring B. as head […]
Agbo Kofi V. Addo Kofi (1933) LJR-WACA
Agbo Kofi V. Addo Kofi (1933) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Native Customary Law—Pledge of land on sale -thereof—Lapse of time no bar to recovery of land pledged in accordance with native customary law—Concurrent findings of fact in a Native Tribunal and a Provincial Commissioner’s Court. Facts In or about […]
Adjei V. Dabanka & Anor (1932) LJR-WACA
Adjei V. Dabanka & Anor (1932) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Land—Mortgage—Construction—Consequences of renewal of lease. Facts In consideration of a loan of £250 the plaintiff deposited with a predecessor of the defendant Akowua, by name Derkyi, his document of title to certain leasehold premises, and at the same time […]
Abrokyi (substituted for Koni Deceased) V. Senni Panyinli (1932) LJR-WACA
Abrokyi (substituted for Koni Deceased) V. Senni Panyinli (1932) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Declaration of litk–Claim to dignity—Section 34 of the Native Administration Ordinance. Facts In an action brought before a Native Tribunal the plaintiff, suing in a representative capacity as the Chief of Bonmapoley, claimed a declaration— Judgment […]
Abdallah V. S. J. S. Barlatt (1931) LJR-WACA
Abdallah V. S. J. S. Barlatt (1931) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Legal Practitioners—Agreement as to Percentage of Amount Recovered —Champerty—Illegality not Pleaded—Effect. An agreement between a solicitor and his client that the former is to be paid 10 per cent of amounts actually recovered in litigation is champertous and […]
A. D. Yaskey V. The Freetown City Council (1933) LJR-WACA
A. D. Yaskey V. The Freetown City Council (1933) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Licence to erect a Stall—Abrupt revocation—removal of Stall by licensor’s servants—Detention of materials by licensor—Licencee entitled to reasonable notice of revocation—Wrongful conversion—Measure of damages. Facts The City Council of Freetown gave the plaintiff permission to erect […]
A. D. Yaskey V. The City Council of Freetown (1932) LJR-WACA
A. D. Yaskey V. The City Council of Freetown (1932) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Application for leave to appeal in forma pauperis—Power of West African Court of Appeal to grant such leave—Pension payable to applicant must be taken into account in assessing his means. The Plaintiff-Appellant applied to the […]
Walter Carew V. Mary Carew & Anor (1934) LJR-WACA
Walter Carew V. Mary Carew & Anor (1934) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Lost Will—Proof by parol evidence mast taw Court without reasonable doubt of existence of will and intention,’ of Testator. The facts of the case are sufficiently oat out in the judgment. fromE. A. C. Davies for the […]