ADJUAH ATTAH v. ABBAH ATTAH

JUDGMENT OF ADUMUA-BOSSMAN, J The appeal is against a judgment of the Native Court “A” of the Fanti Confederacy, confirmed by the magistrate’s court (constituted by the Government Agent, Cape Coast) by which the plaintiff-respondent’s claim to: “Damages for wantonly making slanderous statement against plaintiff in the presence of witnesses that the plaintiff is a mad woman” was upheld, and the sum of £G25 was awarded as damages by the native court, subsequently reduced to £G10 by the magistrate. When the appeal came before the court on the 17th June, 1957, after discussion between counsel and the court, the dispute between the parties was settled on the following terms: (1) The plaintiff to be paid the sum of £G5, together with one bottle of gin as pacification. (2) She is to have the costs awarded her in the native court, and half the costs awarded her in the magistrate’s court, but there are to be no costs of the appeal. It was, however, agreed that, w...