The Weekly Law Reports
[1961] 1 WLR 1040
[PRIVY COUNCIL.]
YAW DUEDU APPELLANT; AND EVI YIBOE RESPONDENT.
ON APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF APPEAL, GHANA.
1961 June 20.
LORD DENNING, LORD MORRIS OF BORTH-Y-GEST, and LORD HODSON.
Estoppel
— Per rem judicatam
— Issue, whether previously decided
— Action for trespass on land
— Judgment for defendant
— No counterclaim for declaration of title
— Subsequent action by defendant for declaration of title founded entirely on earlier judgment
— Whether ownership decided in earlier action.