ANANE AND OTHERS vs. KRAH

JUDGMENT OF FRANCOIS J. This appeal is solely to determine whether the viewing of the land in dispute was so incompetently done as to vitiate the entire proceedings. Learned counsel for the appellant conceded from the start that on the facts, there was everything against him but he urged that since the procedural requirements laid down in Gblevi Family v. Amanie,1 upon a local court’s viewing of the locus in quo, had not been observed the appeal should be allowed and a trial de novo ordered so that a proper inquiry at the locus in quo could be made. I do not think this will serve a useful end for the following reasons. The plaintiff gave a detailed account of the history relating to the acquisition of the land, its cultivation when a virgin forest, the parties to whom some parts were apportioned and other evidence about her occupation thereof. The plaintiff further called witnesses who formed boundary with her and the cumulative effect of their evidence was an impressive proof of.....