DARFOOR vs. GYANEWA

JUDGMENT OF CHARLES CRABBE J. This is an appeal from the judgment dated 22 June 1964 of the learned local court magistrate in which he had come to a conclusion that a gift of the nature as the one before him was not irrevocable for good reasons. The facts of this case are very simple. The plaintiff-respondent (hereinafter called the respondent) was the husband of the defendant-appellant (hereinafter called the appellant). He claims that because of his sickness—he was getting blind—and the fact that he valued the care of the appellant then his wife, he decided to make a gift of a portion of his farm to the appellant. This gift was acknowledged in customary form by the acceptance of sheep and drink which the appellant sent to the respondent to express her thanks for the gift of the farm to her. But within about eight months after the respondent had given the portion of his farm as a gift to the appellant, the appellant sought dissolution of the marriage. She was not successful but...