EDWARD RAMIA, LTD. vs. AFRICAN WOODS, LTD.

Lord Tucker delivered the judgment of their Lordships. This appeal concerns two concession enquiries, numbered 447 and 450 in the Concession Division, Land Court, Kumasi, Ashanti. In concession enquiry No. 447, the present appellant, Edward Ramia, Ltd., was the claimant and in concession enquiry No. 450, the present respondent, African Woods Ltd., was the claimant. On the 13th January, 1955, the Land Court dismissed the opposition of African Woods, Ltd. as opposer in enquiry No. 447, to the grant of a certificate of validity to Edward Ramia, Ltd. in respect of a concession, notice of which was filed on the 20th July, 1953. The claim of African Woods, Ltd. to a concession in enquiry No. 450 in respect of land, part of which is the same as that claimed by Edward Ramia, Ltd. in enquiry No. 447, was not dealt with by the court having regard to the view it took adverse to African Woods, Ltd. as to the rights of the parties under their competing concessions. The parties will be referred to h...