[1960]DLCA276April 25, 1960Court of Appeal

SIMPSON vs. SIMPSON AND ROSSI

JUDGMENT OF GRANVILLE SHARP J.A. Granville Sharp J.A. delivered the judgment of the court. (His lordship referred to the evidence, and continued): The petitioner invited the learned Commissioner to conclude that he was domiciled in Ghana solely in reliance upon his statement that he had no settled home outside Ghana (which country he said he liked), and that it was his intention, after obtaining the divorce, to marry a Ghanaian woman (a Mrs. Carlis Ackuaku) and to settle permanently in Ghana, where, according to him, his whole future lies. His alleged intended companion in life did not give evidence, nor did any other person come forward to say that the appellant had ever expressed a desire or intention to make Ghana his permanent home. There is no evidence on the record of any act done by the appellant in furtherance of his proposed intention. Learned counsel on his behalf has cited a passage, at page 52 of the 14th edition of Latey on Divorce, to support a proposition t...