ARKORFUL vs. SEY

JUDGMENT OF OSEI-HWERE J. By a deed of conveyance, exhibit A, the piece of land described in the plaintiff’s writ was sold and conveyed by one Ebenezer Buabin Quansah to the plaintiff’s uncle, Kojo Etsiwa Sarsah, on 15 November 1948. On the death of Kojo Etsiwa Sarsah he was succeeded by his younger brother, Joseph Kojo Ahinesi, who was subsequently succeeded by the plaintiff. As the ultimate successor of Sarsah the disputed land came to the plaintiff’s possession. It is the plaintiff’s case that some time ago he saw that gravel had been heaped on the plot of land. He went to meet the defendant on the land and when he challenged him he said that he had bought the plot from the elders of Apam. The plaintiff indicated to the defendant his existing pillar on the land and asked him why he should buy land on which there was a pillar but he did not reply. The plaintiff went to complain to the Tufuhene and the acting regent, Nana Ekuma. The plaintiff subsequently appeared with the ...