ABABIO v. TURKSON

AMOAH ABABIO, OHENE OF ASAMANGKESE & ANOTHER

V.

JOHN EDMUND TURKSON

JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL

2ND DAY OF MARCH, 1954

2PLR/1954/21 (PC)

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ORIGINATING COURT(S)

Appeal from the West African Court of Appeal

ISSUE(S) FROM THE CAUSE(S) OF ACTION

DEBTOR AND CREDITOR:- Gold Coast — Jurisdiction — Claims in respect of debt or liability against specified Stools — Certificate of Governor-in-Council — “The amount which ought to be paid ” — Reference to whole question of liability and not merely quantum —

INTERPRETATION OF STATUTE:- Statute Asamangkese Division Regulation Ordinance, 1935 (Laws of Gold Coast), 1936 (Rev., c. 78) (as amended by Asamangkese Division Regulation (Amendment) (Ordinance, No. 5 of 1945 (Gold Coast), section 2(b) ), section 6(2) — Construction — Ambiguity — Relevance of inconvenient results of one construction