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Article 7 Revised Penal Code Article 7 of the Revised Penal Code is about When light felonies are punishable. It is under Chapter One (Felonies) of Title One (Felonies and Circumstances Which Affect Criminal Liability) of the Code. When light felonies are punishable. Light felonies are punishable only when they have been consummated, with the…
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Article 6 Revised Penal Code Article 6 of the Revised Penal Code is about Consummated, frustrated, and attempted felonies. It is under Chapter One (Felonies) of Title One (Felonies and Circumstances Which Affect Criminal Liability) of the Code. Consummated, frustrated, and attempted felonies. Consummated felonies as well as those which are frustrated and attempted, are…
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Article 5 Revised Penal Code Article 5 of the Revised Penal Code is about Duty of the court in connection with acts which should be repressed but which are not covered by the law, and in cases of excessive penalties. It is under Chapter One (Felonies) of Title One (Felonies and Circumstances Which Affect Criminal…
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Yode Kwao V. Kwasi Coker (1931) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Res judicata—Estoppel—Purchase of land by syndicate—judgment against one member of the syndicate binding on the other members. Facts Some time before 1896 one N. sold certain land to A. A. sold a portion of this land to T., a…
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Yawah V. J. E. Maslieno (1930) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Land—Native Custom—Position of Caretaker. Facts In a suit before a Native Tribunal the respondent had, as against the appellant, established her claim to certain property. The Tribunal had, however, in its judgment directed that the appellant should continue as…
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Chief Yaw Krampa (Isaac Edward Nkrumah substituted) V. G. A. Sackey (1933) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Alternative claims —No cross-action—Court without power to enter judgment for plaintiff on one claim and for defendant on the other—Section 58 of the Native Adminatration Ordinance, The plaintiff claimed to have a deed…
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Ya Amene V. Kofi Amanor (1931) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Administration of Estates of deceased natives—Native Administration Ordinance, sections 43 and 44—Application to the Court for Letters of Administration—Jurisdichon of Court. Facts Sections 43 and 44 of the Native Administration Ordinance confer on Native Tribunals exclusive original jurisdiction in…
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Omosanya A. Wyndham V. Percival H. Bravo Jones (1932) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal The Moi$ey-lenders Ordinance of Sierra Leone, section 4—Money- lenders to carry on their money lending business in their registered names and under no other names or descriptions—Effect of omission to add the word ” money-lender ”…
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C. H. Smith V. Societe Commerciale De L’oust Africain (1932) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Agreement for commission on amount of Judgment—Champerty– Maintenance. Facts In an action for an amount claimed by the plaintiff as commission for the recovery of debts due to the defendants it was held by the…
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R. A. Sasraku V. Okine & Ors (1930) LawGlobal Hub Judgment Report – West African Court of Appeal Land—Trespass—Previous judgment between privies—Compromise on appeal—Rejection of judgment because compromise not tendered in evidence at same time. Facts One Sasraku and one Kofi Kwesi had a dispute concerning certain land and instituted cross-actions to determine the title.…