Judgements

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT (LANDS DIVISION), ACCRA Date: 16TH APRIL 1959 Before: OLLENNU J.   JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU J. (His lordship stated the facts, and proceeded:-_) It has been submitted by Counsel for the plaintiff that this is a case of trespass pure and simple, and that upon proof that the plaintiff was in […]

Division: IN THE COURT OF APPEAL Date: 23RD MARCH, 1959. Before: KORSAH C.J., VAN LARE J.A., AND OLLENNU J. ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL J. B. Danquah for appellant. There were two actions. The first having been dismissed in our favour, we have not appealed therefrom, except as to costs. The second is for recovery of possession;

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT (LANDS DIVISION), ACCRA Date: 20TH MARCH, 1959. Before: OLLENNU J. JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU J. (His lordship dealt with, and dismissed, a preliminary objection to the appeal, and continued:–) Now the issue which was tried by the Native Court involved: (1) a question of fact, and (2) a question of law,

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, KUMASI Date: 20TH MARCH, 1959. Before: MURPHY J.   JUDGMENT OF MURPHY J. (His Lordship stated the facts and proceeded): – I do not consider there is any substance in the submission that this action, being one for slander, should have filed because there was no proof of special damage.

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, CAPE COAST Date: 10TH MARCH, 1959 Before: ADUMUA BOSSMAN J. JUDGMENT OF ADUMUA-BOSSMAN, J. (His lordship referred to the pleadings, and continued):- The primary question for determination would appear to be whether either the plaintiff s arrest and detention, or his subsequent prosecution, was at the instance of the Agent

Division: IN THE COURT OF APPEAL Date: 3RD MARCH, 1959. Before: KORSAH C.J., VAN LARE J.A., AND OLLENNU J. JUDGMENT OF KORSAH C.J. Korsah C.J. delivered the judgment of the Court: The only ground argued before us in this appeal is that the judgment is against the weight of evidence. The findings are that the

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT (LANDS DIVISION), ACCRA Date: 27TH FEBRUARY, 1959. Before: OLLENNU. J. JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU J. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Buem-Krachi Native Appeal Court, which upheld a decision of the Buem Native Court “B” given in favour of the plaintiff, but varied an order made by the

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT (LANDS DIVISION), ACCRA Date: 27TH FEBRUARY, 1959. Before: OLLENNU J. JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU J. (His lordship stated the history of the case, and proceeded:—) The defendants argue that the order in a criminal court for payment of compensation out of the fine imposed, taken with plaintiff s refusal to accept

Division: IN THE COURT OF APPEAL Date: 26TH FEBRUARY, 1959. Before: KORSAH C.J., VAN LARE J.A. AND OLLENNU J.   ARGUMENT OF COUNSEL Hayfron-Benjamin for appellant. The facts on which appellant relies are three – that when Kobina Nketsia died, he (Nketsia) was lessee of the property; (2) that after his successor and another were