Judgements

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 18 MAY 1964 Before: SARKODEE-ADOO CJ, ACOLATSE AND APALOO JJSC JUDGMENT OF APALOO JSC Apaloo JSC delivered the judgment of the court. The material facts of this case are not in dispute and can be stated briefly. Some time in 1956, the respondent and Edward Ramia entered into a […]

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 18 MAY 1964 Before: SARKODEE-ADOO CJ, OLLENNU AND APALOO JJSC JUDGMENT OF SARKODEE-ADOO CJ This is an appeal from the judgment of Acolatse J., as he then was, dated 10 December 1962, in an interpleader suit in which certain moveable properties were seized in execution by the deputy sheriff

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, KUMASI Date: 14 MAY 1964 Before: SOWAH J JUDGMENT OF SOWAH J The main points argued in this appeal are points of law. Counsel however submitted that in the case of the third appellant there was no evidence upon which she could be found liable for uttering the slanderous words

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 11 MAY 1964 Before: SARKODEE-ADOO CJ, OLLENNU AND ACOLATSE JJSC JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU JSC Ollennu JSC delivered the judgment of the court. In or about 1958 the appellant raised a loan from the second respondent, £G60 being the aggregate amount to be repaid. No details or particulars were given

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 11 MAY 1964 Before: SARKODEE-ADOO CJ, OLLENNU AND ACOLATSE JJSC JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU JSC Ollennu JSC delivered the judgment of the court. This is an appeal from an order for certiorari, made by the High Court, Kumasi, quashing a writ of fi. fa. issued by the Local Court, Teppa,

Division: IN THE MATTER OF A PETITION FOR THE WINDING UP BY THE COURT OF J. CONTE LTD. IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 11 MAY 1964 Before: SARKODEE-ADOO CJ, OLLENNU AND ACOLATSE JJSC JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU JSC Ollennu JSC delivered the judgment of the court. These proceedings commenced with a petition under sections 91, 89

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, SEKONDI Date: 8 MAY 1964 Before: BRUCE-LYLE J JUDGMENT OF BRUCE-LYLE J In this action the plaintiff’s claim as against the defendants Messrs. G. B. Ollivant Ltd. is for: “(1) A declaration setting aside an alleged deed of mortgage purported to have been made on 24 August 1953 between the

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 4 MAY 1964 Before: SARKODEE-ADOO CJ, ACOLATSE AND APALOO JJSC JUDGMENT OF APALOO JSC Apaloo JSC delivered the judgment of the court. The facts of the case are, in the main, not in dispute and can be stated briefly. The appellants (who I shall hereafter call the plaintiffs) are

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 4 MAY 1964 Before: SARKODEE-ADOO CJ, ACOLATSE AND APALOO JJSC JUDGMENT OF APALOO JSC Apaloo JSC delivered the judgment of the court. In order to appreciate the legal argument which was addressed to us on this appeal, it is necessary to state the facts which were found by the

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 1 MAY 1964 Before: OLLENNU, APALOO AND AKAINYAH JJSC JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU JSC Ollennu J.S.C. delivered the ruling of the court. The appellant-applicant on 8 November 1963, pleaded guilty before the District Magistrate, Kumasi, to a charge of assault under section 84 of the Criminal Code, 1960,1 and was