ASOMAH vs. SERVORDZIE

JUDGMENT OF ARCHER J.A. The appellant claimed against the respondent declaration of title to a cocoa farm at Nsuopriho on Dormaa stool land, ¢200 damages for trespass and perpetual injunction. In support of his claim, he testified at the trial at the High Court, Sunyani, that in 1966, the then Odikro of Asikasu and Safohene of Dormaa-Ahenkro granted him 40 acres of land for farming purposes. One Nana Kojo Addo, the first plaintiff witness, demarcated the land for him and as consideration for the grant, he paid ¢140 to the Asikasuhene. Thereafter the appellant’s name was recorded in the books of the Dormaa State Council as a tenant of the stool. He has since cultivated nine seasonal farms consisting of cocoa, foodstuffs, i.e. cocoyam, cassava and plantain. After four years of cultivation, he was able to commence paying tribute to the Dormaa stool. He maintained that the land granted him was virgin forest and he employed labourers to clear the land and fell trees before planting ...