SOWAH J.: Though the appellant never raised the point of law which is about to be discussed, it came to my notice during a rather careful reading of the record. I therefore gave further opportunity to counsel to argue that ground, namely, whether or not the local court had jurisdiction to continue with the hearing of the case as from 1 September 1962.
At p. 24 of the record of appeal there is the following note:
“By court: with the coming into force of the Courts (Amendment) Act, 1962, the jurisdiction of the local courts has been limited in respect of land causes where the value is above £G200. The fact is that the land in dispute herein is of the value of above £G200. I therefore found it wise to suspend further proceedings in the case and refer the matter to the High Court, Ho, for advice.”
This record was dated 30 October 1962. On 15 June 1963 there is this note:
“Court note: The case’s facts were referred to the judge of the High Court, Ho, and his advice was that according to the ci…