ADJEI v. ASANTEWAH AND ANOTHER

JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU, J. This is an appeal from a judgment of the West Akim Abuakwa Local Court, delivered on the 21st March, 1961. The appellant, plaintiff in the local court, was the son of one Kwasi Abokyi, deceased. The said Kwasi Abokyi was succeeded by one Kwaku Sikayena, now deceased. The first respondent is the successor to the said Sikayena. The farm in dispute was cultivated by the appellant’s said father Kwasi Abokyi. The case put up by the appellant in the local court is that his late father made a gift to him of a farm of which the farm in dispute is a portion. Upon Kwaku Sikayena succeeding Abokyi, he litigated with him and eventually deprived him, the appellant of the farm. Some time after the litigation had terminated, the appellant became reconciled to the said Sikayena, who as successor to the appellant’s father had by customary law come to be regarded as his father. He pacified Sikayena with a sheep. Thereupon Sikayena made a gift of the said farm to hi...