Ayew v. Willard Hawes & Co.

The plaintiff, John K. Ayew, brings this action as president of the Gold Coast Farmers Association, an unincorporated membership association of more than 5,000 members, whose office and principal place of business is at Nsawam, in the county of Aquapim, Gold Coast, British West Africa. The complaint alleges that the Gold Coast Farmers Association is a co-operative farmers’ organization consisting of native Africans engaged in the co-operative enterprise of receiving, selling and distributing cocoa beans, the produce of its members. Judgment is asked in the sum of $1,646,683.50 and interest,…