Judgements

DIVISION: IN THE SUPREME COURT DATE: 2ND JULY, 1963 BEFORE: VAN LARE, BLAY AND AKUFO-ADDO JJ.S.C. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL from a judgment of the High Court given in favour of the plaintiffs in an action for a claim of £G5,592 as money paid to the defendants to the use of the plaintiffs, an order […]

DIVISION: IN THE SUPREME COURT DATE: 2ND JULY, 1963 BEFORE: ADUMUA-BOSSMAN, OLLENNU AND BLAY JJ.S.C. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL from a decision of Apaloo J. (as he then was) unreported, delivered in the High Court, Kumasi, wherein he gave judgment in favour of the plaintiff who brought an action against the defendant company claiming the

DIVISION: IN THE SUPREME COURT DATE: 2ND JULY, 1963 BEFORE: ADUMUA-BOSSMAN, BLAY AND AKUFO-ADDO JJ.S.C. CASE REFERRED TO Roddy v. Fitzgerald (1857) 6 H.L. Cas. 823; 10 E.R. 1518, H.L. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL from a decision of the High Court, unreported, on the construction of a will. The facts are fully set out in

DIVISION: IN THE SUPREME COURT DATE: 2ND JULY, 1963 BEFORE: ADUMUA-BOSSMAN, BLAY AND AKUFO-ADDO JJ.S.C. CASES REFERRED TO (1) Kwamin v. Kufuor (1914) 2 Ren. 808; P.C. ‘74-’28, 28, P.C. (2) Waya v. Byrouthy (1958) 3 W.A.L.R. 413 (3) Abowaba v. Adeshina (1946) 12 W.A.C.A. 18 NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL from a judgment of the

DIVISION: IN THE HIGH COURT, TAMALE DATE: 28TH JUNE, 1963 BEFORE: LASSEY J. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPLICATION by the plaintiff, the sole surviving wife of a Gonja man who died intestate, for a grant of letters of administration to administer his estate on the ground that by her marriage to the deceased under Mohammedan law,

DIVISION: IN THE SUPREME COURT DATE: 28TH JUNE, 1963 BEFORE: KORSAH C.J., ADUMUA-BOSSMAN AND CRABBE JJ.S.C. CASES REFERRED TO (1) Attorney-General v. Simpson [1901] 2 Ch. 671, C.A. (2) Rutherford v. Richardson [1922] P. 144 affirmed [1923] A.C. 1; 39 T.L.R. 42, H.L. (3) Anane v. Efriyea (1940) 6 W.A.C.A. 169 (4) Kasumu v. Baba-Egbe

DIVISION: IN THE SUPREME COURT DATE: 28TH JUNE, 1963 BEFORE: ADUMUA-BOSSMAN, OLLENNU AND BLAY JJ.S.C. CASES REFERRED TO (1) Ramia Ltd. v. African Woods Ltd. (1956)1 W.A.L.R. 193,W.A.C.A. (2) Wassaw Exploring Syndicate v. African Rubber Co., Ltd. [1914] A.C. 626, P.C. [p.169] of [1963] 2 GLR 167 NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL from a decision of

DIVISION: IN THE SUPREME COURT DATE: 28TH JUNE, 1963 BEFORE: CRABBE, BLAY AND AKUFO-ADDO JJ.S.C. CASES REFERRED TO (1) Hickman v. Upsall (1875) L.R. 20 Eq. 136 (2) In re Aldersey; Gibson v. Hall [1905]2 Ch. 181; [1904-7] AR E.R. Rep. 644 (3) Baker v. Dewey (1823) 1 B. & C. 704; 107 E.R. 259

DIVISION: IN THE HIGH COURT, CAPE COAST DATE: 26TH JUNE, 1963 BEFORE: SOWAH J. CASES REFERRED TO (1) Chichester Diocesan Fund and Board of Finance v. Simpson [1944] A.C. 341, H.L. (2) Spark v. Purnell (1614) Hobs. 75; 80 E.R. 224 NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPLICATION by the plaintiff for a declaration of title to the

DIVISION: IN THE SUPREME COURT DATE: 25TH JUNE, 1963 BEFORE: SARKODEE-ADOO, CRABBE AND BLAY JJ.S.C. CASES REFERRED TO (1) Krakue v. Mensah (1927) F.C. ‘26-’29, 277 (2) Blay v. Solomon (1947) 12 W.A.C.A. 175 (3) In re Faithful; Ex parte Moore (1885) 14 Q.B.D. 627; 54 L.J.Q.B.190; 52 L.T. 376; 1 T.L.R. 263, C.A. NATURE