[1991]DLCA2324 • April 18, 1991 • Court of Appeal
WIREDU vs. KOBIA-AMANFI
The plaintiff obtained a 99-year lease from the Government of Ghana in 1976 for plots Nos. 12 and 14 in North Dzorwulu Extension, Accra. The defendant claimed title to plots Nos. 14 and 16 based on a grant from Afua Okyerewah, who acquired it from Lomoh, who received the land as a gift from the Osu stool in 1961. The dispute centered on who held better title to plot No. 14.
read moreBy an agreement entered into between the plaintiff and the Government of Ghana on 23 August 1976, the plaintiff obtained a lease of plots of lands known as Nos. 12 and 14 in the North Dzorwulu Extension, Accra. The lease was duly registered as No. 3476/1976 and it was for 99 years. The defendant on the other hand claimed title to plots Nos.14 and 16 in the North Dzorwulu Extension, Accra on the basis of a grant made to him by one Afua Okyerewah who had obtained her grant from one Lomoh. Lomoh had obtained her grant by way of a gift from the Osu stool in May 1961. The only issue which arose from the pleadings and evidence for determination was, which of the parties had a better title to plot No.14, North Dzorwulu Extension, Accra? The learned trial judge of the Circuit Court, Accra on 22 December 1987 found for the plaintiff and declared title in the plot in him. He dismissed the defendant’s counterclaim. This is an appeal by the defendant from that decision. The learned trial judge .....