Formation of contracts in Ghana case law.

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Agreement to carry a passenger for a fare

The mere fact that the fare was not paid by the respondent cannot, in my view, change the character of the contract. It remained throughout a contract to convey the respondent in the insured’s motor-car as “a passenger for reward.”

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE v. OWUSU [1965] GLR 490 [1965] SLR (SC) 52 · Supreme Court · 1965 · MILLS-ODOI JSC

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