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OSAM-PINANKO
V.
LARTEY AND ANOTHER

(1967) JELR 65189 (HC)

High Court 26 May 1967 Ghana
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- The applicant filed a motion on 1 March 1967, which was dismissed as frivolous in their absence. - The applicant later applied for the motion to be re-listed, claiming they had sent a telegram requesting an adjournment before the dismissa

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Judges:ARCHER J.
Counsel:APPLICANT IN PERSON; DR. DE GRAFT JOHNSON FOR THE RESPONDENTS.
Other Citations:[1967] GLR 380

ARCHER J.

On 1 March 1967, the applicant filed a motion on notice praying for certain reliefs. The said motion was dismissed as frivolous in the absence of the applicant. He later applied for the motion to be re-listed as he had sent a telegram asking the court for adjournment before the motion was dismissed. Leave was granted and the motion was re-listed. Meanwhile, on 28 March 1967, the applicant had filed another motion entitled “Amended motion paper to replace the former one filed on 1 March 1967.” When the applicant’s motion was therefore re-listed for hearing on 12 May 1967, he dealt with the amended motion filed on 28 March 1967 and not the original motion filed on 1 March 1967.

In the application filed on 28 March 1967, the applicant prayed for three specific reliefs which briefly were as follows:

(1) An order of injunction restraining the first respondent Bishop Lartey from performing his duties as Bishop of the A.M.E. Zion Church because he is guilty of heresy and also under t…

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