Judgements

HIGH COURT, SEKONDI Date:    8 AUGUST 1973 EDUSEI J   NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPLICATION for a stay of execution by the defendants-judgment debtors on the grounds, inter alia, that being a statutory corporation execution could not proceed against them without the Attorney-General’s fiat. COUNSEL I. G. Carson for the applicants. C. M. Cann for […]

COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA Date:    31 JULY 1973 LASSEY JA   CASES REFERRED TO (1)    Antu v. Buedu (1929) F.C. ‘26-’29, 474. (2)    Serwah v. Kesse [1960] G.L.R. 227, S.C. (3)    Yamuah IV v. Sekyi (1936) 3 W.A.C.A. 57. (4)    Acquah III v. Ababio (1948) 12 W.A.C.A. 343. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL against the judgment

COURT OF APPEAL (FULL BENCH) Date:    30 JULY 1973 AZU CRABBE CJ CASES REFERRED TO (1)    Read v. Brown (1888) 22 Q.B.D. 128; 58 L.J.Q.B. 120; 60 L.T. 250; 37 W.R. 131; 5 T.L.R. 97, C.A. (2)    Williams v. Milotin (1957) 97 C.L.R. 465. (3)    Letang v. Cooper [1965] 1 Q.B. 232; [1965]    3    W.L.R.

HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date:    30 JULY 1973 ABBAN J   CASES REFERRED TO (1)    Asante v. University of Ghana [1972] 2 G.L.R. 86. (2)    Bennet v. Bennet (1879) 10 Ch. D. 474; 40 L.T.378; 27 W.R. 573. (3)    In re Pauling’s Settlement Trusts [1964] Ch.303; [1963] 3 W.L.R. 742; [1963] 3 All E.R. 1,

COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA Date:    25 MAY 1973 ANNAN JA   CASES REFERRED TO (1)    Attiase v. Abobbtey, Court of Appeal, 29 July 1969, unreported; digested in (1969) C.C. 149. (2)    Nkrumah v. Manu [1971] 1 G.L.R. 176. NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS APPEAL from a judgment of Mensa Boison J. (unreported) in the High Court, Kumasi,

HIGH COURT, SUNYANI Date: 2 MAY 1973 OSEI-HWERE J CASES REFERRED TO (1) Atuahene v. Commissioner of Police [1963] 1 G.L.R. 448. (2) R. v. Hilton [1972] 1 Q.B. 421; [197]1 3 W.L.R. 625; [1971] 3 All E.R. 541; 55 Cr.App.R. 466, C.A. (3) The State v. Langa (1963) (4) S.A. 941. (4) R. v.

COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA Date:    6 APRIL 1973 AZU CRABBE CJ   CASES REFERRED TO (1) R. v. Cohen and Bateman (1909) 2 Cr.App.R. 197. (2) R. v. Whybrow (1951) 95 S.J. 745; 35 Cr.App.R. 141, C.C.A (3) R. v. Brown (1971) 55 Cr.App.R. 478, C.A. (4) R. v. Bio (1945) 11 W.A.C.A. 46. (5)

HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date:    30 MARCH 1973 HAYFRON-BENJAMIN J CASES REFERRED TO (1)    Irvin & Johnson Ltd. v. Gelcer & Co., Ltd. [1958] 2 S.A.L.R. 59. (2)    Wagstaff v. Wilson (1832) 4 B. & Ad. 339; 110 E.R. 483. (3)    Ley v. Peter (1858) 3 H. & N. 101; 27 L.J. Ex. 239; 30 L.T. (o.s)367; 6 W.R. 437;

COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA Date:     16 MARCH 1973                                SOWAH JA                                NATURE OF PROCEEDINGS CASE STATED for the determination of the Court of Appeal as

ABEKA v. AMOA AND ANOTHER [HIGH COURT, CAPE COAST] Date: 20 FEBRUARY 1973 COUNSEL Sackeyfio for the plaintiff. Patrick Djamson for the defendants. JUDGMENT OF EDWARD WIREDU J. On 13 February 1970, the plaintiff as an administrator of the estates of Ama Kate Gyedua and Kofi Yesu both late of Agona Nsaba issued out of