Judgements

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, KUMASI Date: 3 APRIL 1964 Before: SOWAH J JUDGMENT OF SOWAH J This small appeal has brought into focus the difficult question of the punishment or sentence of co-defendants; the fact that co-defendants have been punished at the same time draws attention to any discrimination between them. In this case […]

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, KUMASI Date: 23 MARCH 1964 Before: DJABANOR J. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS ORIGINATING SUMMONS brought by the plaintiff against the defendants who were refusing to satisfy a judgment debt in accordance with the terms of the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Insurance) Act, 1958, claiming an amount of £G2,404 15s. JUDGMENT OF

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 16 MARCH, 1964 Before: AKAINYAH J JUDGMENT OF AKAINYAH J In this application for leave to appeal against the dismissal of the charge and the acquittal of the accused by the District Magistrate, Accra, following a submission by counsel for the accused of no case to answer, the

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 29 FEBRUARY 1964 Before: SARKODEE-ADOO C.J., OLLENNU AND BLAY JJSC JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU JSC This appeal is brought against a judgment of the High Court, Kumasi, reversing a judgment delivered by the Kumasi East Local Court in favour of the appellant, the plaintiff in the said local court. The

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 29 FEBRUARY 1964 Before: ADUMUA-BOSSMAN AND BLAY JJSC AND ACOLATSE J JUDGMENT OF BLAY JSC These cross-appeals came from the High Court, Kumasi, presided over by Djabanor J. in a case in which the plaintiffs claimed against the defendants a declaration of title to a large tract of land

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 29 FEBRUARY 1964 Before: ADUMUA-BOSSMAN AND MILLS-ODOI JJSC AND APALOO J JUDGMENT OF MILLS-ODOI JSC The plaintiff-respondent (hereinafter referred to as the respondent) brought an action against Larbi Armah (hereinafter referred to as the defendant) and Amartey Laryea (hereinafter referred to as the appellant) jointly and severally claiming the

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 29 FEBRAURY 1964 Before: ADUMUA-BOSSMAN AND MILLS-ODOI JJSC AND APALOO J JUDGMENT OF APALOO J Apaloo J delivered the judgment of the court. This is an appeal from the judgment of the High Court, Sekondi, delivered on 22 December 1961. In that suit, the court entered judgment for the

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 29 FEBRUARY 1964 Before: SARKODEE-ADDO CJ, OLLENNU AND BLAY JJSC JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU JSC Ollennu JSC delivered the judgment of the court. The plaintiff, respondent in this appeal, is successor to one Kwame Num, late of Bomaa, and the defendants, the appellants, are children of the said Kwame Num

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 29 FEBRUARY 1964 Before: ADUMUA-BOSSMAN AND MILLS-ODOI JJSC AND APALOO J JUDGMENT OF MILLS-ODOI JSC Mills-Odoi JSC delivered the judgment of the court. The appellant was convicted by a jury before Akiwumi J. sitting at the criminal session of the High Court held at Sekondi on 14 March 1963,

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 29 FEBRUARY 1964 Before: ADUMUA-BOSSMAN AND MILLS-ODOI JJSC AND APALOO J JUDGMENT OF APALOO J On 8 January 1963, the High Court, Accra, made absolute, a decree nisi which it granted in favour of the petitioner-respondent dissolving the latter’s marriage with the applicant. The husband who is the present