JUDGEMENT
The plaintiffs claim against the defendants the sum of £667 17s. As the price of one Ford Prefect de Luxe motor car sold to one E. A. Sah alleged to be upon order of the East Akim Abuakwa Local Council, the original defendants. The said council was dissolved during the pendency of this case and the defendants, a committee of management appointed under the Local Government Bulletin No. 18 of the 5th May, 1961, to manage the affairs of the area, were substituted.
The facts relied upon by the plaintiffs to sustain the claims are briefly as follows: sometime in March, 1960, the manager of the Koforidua branch of the plaintiff-company received a certain letter and upon the strength of that letter delivered the car in question to one Mr. E. A. Sah, clerk of the council. When later the company made demand upon the council for payment of the price of the car, the council disputed liability.
All the evidence led in an attempt to prove the letter in question and to establish privity of c…