Judgements

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

HIGH COURT, ACCRA DATE: 4 MAY 1967 BEFORE: EDUSEI J. CASES REFERRED TO(1) Lochgelly Iron and Coal Co., Ltd. v. M’ Mullan [1934] A.C. 1; 102 L.J.P.C. 123; 149 L.T. 526; 49 T.L.R. 566; 77 S.J. 539, H. L. (2) Lovegrove v. London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Co. (1864) 16 C.B. (N.S.) 669; 4

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

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 1ST MAY 1964 Before: OLLENNU, ACOLATSE AND APALOO JJSC JUDGMENT OF APALOO JSC Apaloo J.S.C. delivered the judgment of the court. Both appellants were on 19 March 1963 convicted before the circuit court of stealing and the first appellant alone was convicted on eleven counts of falsification of accounts.

Division: IN THE SUPREME COURT Date: 1 MAY 1964 Before: OLLENNU, ACOLATSE AND APALOO JJSC JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU JSC Ollennu J.S.C. delivered the judgment of the court. We allowed the appeal in this case on 3 April 1964 after hearing the submissions of counsel, and now proceed to give our reasons. The appellant was convicted