TANDOR VIII & ANOR. vs. NTAMNA III & ANOR. AND IN THE MATTER OF THE NATIVE COURTS (SOUTHERN TOGOLAND) ORDINANCE AND IN THE MATTER OF APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO ISSUE CERTIORARI PURSUANT TO ORDER 59, R.S.C. [1959]DLHC2061

TANDOR VIII & ANOR. vs. NTAMNA III & ANOR. AND IN THE MATTER OF THE NATIVE COU... [1959]DLHC2061

Date	1959-01-29
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1959]DLHC2061

SIMPSON J.

[1959]DLHC2061
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >TANDOR VIII &amp; ANOR.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;vs. <o:p></o:p>NTAMNA III &amp; ANOR. AND IN THE<o:p></o:p>MATTER OF THE NATIVE COURTS (SOUTHERN TOGOLAND)<o:p></o:p>ORDINANCE AND IN THE MATTER OF APPLICATION FOR LEAVE<o:p></o:p>TO ISSUE CERTIORARI PURSUANT TO ORDER 59, R.S.C.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT, HO]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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DATE:
29TH JANUARY, 1959..<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:
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SIMPSON J.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF SIMPSON J.<o:p></o:p>(His
lordship stated the history of the Matter, and proceeded): —<o:p></o:p>Under the
Native Courts (Southern Section of Togoland) Ordinance, the powers of a
Magistrate in land causes are restricted to transferring a matter to another
Court (section 54), and hearing appeals where the subject matter in dispute is
under £50 in value (sections 46 and 47). The powers of a Government Agent are
not exercisable in land causes (sections 61-63). There is no evidence of the
value of the subject-matter in this case, but there is no doubt that the action
taken in the Magistrate’s Court was not by way of appeal under the provisions
of section 46.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>I am
satisfied that the Magistrate had no jurisdiction to make an order striking out
the action in the Native Court. Any such application to strike out should have
been made to the Native Court itself. Although it may well be that strong
grounds exist for pleading res judicata, I must grant the application for
certiorari.<o:p></o:p>I order
the proceedings in the suit entitled Nana Kofi Tandor VIII of Tutu kpene and
Yaa Kpola, plaintiffs, versus Nana Kwadjo Ntamna III (Successor to the late
Nana Oseini of Bontebor) and Reverend Wampah, E. P. Church, Ahamansu,
defendants, before the Magistrate’s Court (constituted<o:p></o:p>

by the
Government Agent) Jasikan, including the ruling given on 26th November, 1958,
to be produced and brought before this Court to be quashed, and the same are
hereby quashed.<o:p></o:p>