ADAPOE vs. POSPISIL

The plaintiff in this action is seeking to recover from the defendant ¢10,000.00 as damages for libel. The alleged libel is contained in a letter written by the defendant and sent to the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ghana, Legon. Both the plaintiff and the defendant were, at the material time, employees of the University of Ghana, and they were working in the Faculty of Agriculture. The said faculty, through its Crop Science Department, had established an agricultural research station at Kade. The plaintiff was posted to this station as an assistant farm manager. He was to supervise the work of the labourers and the junior members of staff employed at the research station. He was also responsible for the running and maintenance of the electric generators, vehicles and the canteen at the station. In 1964, the defendant, who is a Polish national and a lecturer in agriculture, was put in charge of the research station as a senior research officer. Even though t....