ADUMUA-BOSSMAN J.S.C.
The incidents which led to the action resulting in this appeal are scarcely in dispute, and they are these: The parties entered into negotiation for the sale and purchase of a plot of land with the building thereon in Accra, and in connection with the transaction the appellants wrote to the respondents a letter dated 15 February 1960 which contained the following material passages:
“Re property at Corner Knutsford Avenue and Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, Accra We thank you for ours of the 11th instant in which you confirm the Agreement reached between your Mr. Vischer and the Writer in respect of the above-mentioned property. For the sake of order we hereby confirm that we have agreed to pay you the sum of £G27,750, for the freehold property on completion of transfer of title by the agreed Solicitors.”
Subsequently, it appears that the title deeds were submitted to the solicitors of the appellants for investigation of the title to the property. The latter, after due examina…