PREMPEH J.S.C.
This is an application by the plaintiff-respondent-applicant (hereinafter referred to shortly as the applicant) for an order for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court against the majority judgment of this court in Odoi v. Hammond [1971] 1 G.L.R. 375, C.A. given on 21 December 1970, setting aside the judgment of Apaloo J.A., as he then was, sitting as an additional judge of the High Court, Accra. The majority decision of this court from which Siriboe J.S.C. dissented was delivered by Azu Crabbe J.A., as he then was, and Sowah J.A.
In order the better to appreciate the reason why leave to appeal had to be sought from this court, it is necessary in the first place to know the nature of the proceedings which were commenced in the trial court, and to refer also to the provisions of the law then applicable, that regulated the procedure for appeals from this court to the Supreme Court.
The claim of the applicant against the defendants-appellants-respondents (hereinafter referred t…