KORKOR AND OTHERS V. DADAH AND ANOTHER

SOWAH JA

This is an appeal from the ruling of the Circuit Court, Sunyani, disallowing an application by the plaintiffs seeking to tender the testimonies of two witnesses who gave evidence in the suit at the Tano Local Court, Bechem, and before transfer of the suit to the High Court, Sunyani.

The original writ was issued out of the Tano Local Court; during its pendency, the defendants raised the issue of jurisdiction of the court to entertain it; thereupon, there was caused a transfer of it to the High Court, Sunyani (see paragraph (9) of the statement of claim). Pleadings were ordered in accordance with the rules of court and when the matter came up for hearing, the learned judge of the High Court made the following order:

“Order: Due to the great number of older cases in the cause list and the number of part-heard cases to be disposed of before the criminal session on 5 June 1968, which session is likely to take the remainder of this legal term which ends on 31 July 1968, it will be mo…