Judgements

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 14 OCTOBER 1964 Before: HAYFRON-BENJAMIN J JUDGMENT OF HAYFRON-BENJAMIN J The plaintiff by his writ of summons issued on 9 December 1960 claims an order of this court declaring his title to a house at Sagyimase in the Akim Abuakwa Traditional Area, an order for recovery of possession […]

Division: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, ACCRA Date: 3 OCTOBER, 1964 Before: JUDGE D. F. ANNAN JUDGMENT OF JUDGE D. F. ANNAN The plaintiff’s claim is for damages for breach of promise of marriage. In her statement of claim she averred as follows: “(2) On a date in 1951 the plaintiff and defendant orally agreed to

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 28 SEPTEMBER 1964 Before: ARCHER J JUDGMENT OF ARCHER J On 10 August 1964 I dismissed an application by the judgment-debtor in this case for a review of decision of 13 July 1964 disallowing the judgment-debtor’s application for stay of execution. The application for review was filed on

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 27 AUGUST 1964 Before: ARCHER J JUDGMENT OF ARCHER J The plaintiffs claim from the defendants recovery of possession of all those ground floor stores situated at the corner of Club Road and Cow Lane, Accra; and also claim double rent under section 18 of the Distress for

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 14 AUGUST 1964 Before: ARCHER J JUDGMENT OF ARCHER J This is an application by the defendant for further and better particulars under Order 19, rule 7 of the Supreme [High] Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954.1 It seems strange that although Order 19, r. 8 provides that before

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 30 July 1964 Before: ARCHER J JUDGMENT OF ARCHER J The plaintiffs in this suit claim (1) damages and (2) interim injunction to restrain the defendants, their servants or agents, from the countinuance or repetition of the nuisance being committed by them in dumping garbage and refuse alongside

Division: IN THE HIGH COURT, ACCRA Date: 9TH JULY, 1964 Before: ARCHER J JUDGMENT OF ARCHER J The applicants in this application seek an order o this court to set aside the award of the umpire in an arbitration on three grounds that is to say; (a) The arbitrators did not deliver to any party

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 30TH JUNE, 1964 Before: MILLS-ODOI, OLLENNU AND ACOLATSE JJSC JUDGMENT OF MILLS- ODOI JSC Mills-Odoi J.S.C. delivered the judgment of the court. This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court, Kumasi, delivered by Apaloo J. (as he then was) on 27 May 1963, allowing the respondent’s

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 30 JUNE 1964 Before: MILLS-ODOI, OLLENNU AND AKAINYAH JJSC JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU JSC Ollennu JSC delivered the judgment of the court. The appellant was charred before the District Court, Kumasi, jointly with one Kwame Dapaa, with two counts of stealing contrary to section 124 of the Criminal Code, 1960.1

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 30 JUNE 1964 Before: SARKODEE-ADOO CJ, OLLENNU AND ACOLATSE JJSC JUDGMENT OF ACOLATSE JSC His lordship recited the facts and set out the issues which were based mainly on conflicting traditional history and continued:] This is not a claim for recovery of possession. It is a claim by the