[1963]DLSC216 • May 20, 1963 • Supreme Court •
ABAKAH AND OTHERS vs. AMBRADU
The plaintiffs, led by the first plaintiff as the newly elected head of the Ewan Kweku Anona family, claimed that the defendant had been removed from office as head of family and sought an injunction restraining the defendant from managing family properties and delivery of family documents. The defendant contended he was still the recognized head and challenged the validity of the removal meeting held on 16 July 1961.
read moreJUDGMENT OF MILLS-ODOI J.S.C. [His lordship recited the facts and continued:] It is in pursuance of the alleged removal of the defendant from office as head of family and of his refusal to deliver to the family the properties under his control that this action was brought by the first plaintiff in his capacity as head of family and the other plaintiffs as elders of the said family claiming against the defendant an order for: “(i) Perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, his servants or agents from collecting any further rents from tenants living in houses Nos. 39/12, 40/12, 34/13, Sixth Street, Sekondi, or interfering in any way with the management and control of the houses specified and any other property or the Ewan Kweku Anona family. (ii) Delivery to first plaintiff, the newly elected head of the said family, of the following: (a) All documents of title in respect of the said three houses together with the building plans of same and in particular the agreement of .....