DIEGO AND SONS vs. OSEI

The appellants herein have brought this appeal against the judgment of the District Court Grade I, Akwatia dated 9 December 1970 in which they lost to the respondent on his claim for ¢ 607.50 as compensation for injury he received in the course of his employment with the appellants. The action was brought under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1963 (Act 174), claiming compensation. On 8 September 1969, and at the instance of the respondent the District Court Grade I, Akwatia, issued out a notice addressed to the appellants as follows: “Take notice that, if you intend to oppose the application, of which a copy is served upon you herewith, you must lodge with me, within twenty-one days after the service of this notice upon you, a written answer thereto containing a concise statement of the extent and grounds of your opposition. And further take notice that the above case has been set down for hearing on Wednesday, the 17th day of September, 1969, at 8.30 a.m., or so soon thereaft...