WOLEDZI
V.
AKUFO-ADDO AND ANOTHER
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KORANTENG-ADDOW J.
This is a case with a very checkered history, and it is a case which has been fought and defended with tooth and nail. The writ of summons was filed on 18 September 1967 and summons for directions was taken on 21 December 1967. Several factors have militated against the speedy disposal of the case. Hearing began on 21 March 1968 before Anterkyi J.
He took two witnesses for the plaintiff and then after a number of adjournments, he decided not to hear the case and caused it to be placed before another judge. After several adjournments before another judge, the matter eventually came on for trial before Charles Crabbe J. (as he then was) and judgment was delivered on 15 January 1969. He dismissed the plaintiff’s claim and the plaintiff appealed against the judgment. I am informed by Mr. Atadika, counsel for the plaintiff, who has been in the case throughout, and I read a note to this effect from the record of proceedings, that the record book containing the whole of the…