IN RE OSU STOOL; AKO NORTEI II (MANKRALO OF OSU) vs. NORTEY OWUO III (INTERVENER)

JUDGMENT ATUGUBA JSC The appellant herein, Nii Ako Nortei II, the Mankralo of Osu, purportedly acting as the lawful attorney of the Osu Stool, Accra, brought an action in the High Court, Accra in respect of some lands in Accra. However, Nii Nortei Owuo JU intervened in the said suit by motion praying to be substituted as the sole person who can represent the Osu Stool in that litigation, on the ground that he is the Osu Mantse. The High Court dismissed the application. When his application for review failed, he successfully appealed to the Court of Appeal against the dismissal of the application for substitution. Nii Ako Nortei II, the Mankralo of Osu, has therefore appealed to this court from the judgment of the Court of Appeal. The Mankralo's counsel submits that the applicant-respondent­ respondent's application for substitution, in his stead, as thesole and proper person to represent the Osu Stool in the aforementioned suit in the High Court was fought on affidavit evide....