ROBERTSON vs. NII AKRAMAH II AND OTHERS (CONSOLIDATED)

Apaloo J.A. delivered the judgment of the court. About four miles north-east of the centre of Accra, is a fairly large tract of land said to be of poor agricultural value. It is situate on an eminence. With the rapid growth in the population of Accra and the consequent scramble for suburban building areas, it has become valuable building land. It is known as the Mukose lands. This land was the subject-matter of the litigation which culminated in this appeal. Rival claims to it were made by the Nikoi Olai family on one side and the Asere stool and its grantees on the other. This is not the first time that a dispute about its ownership has come before the courts, and we suspect, unhappily, that this is not likely to be the last. The Nikoi Olai family belongs to the Asere Djorshie division of Accra. It has a stool named the Nikoi Olai stool. It was claimed that that stool was properly the Paramount Stool of Asere. With that aspect of the matter, we are not concerned. What we feel bound...