NII PAUL AYITEY TETTEH SUB ARTHUR HAMMOND, TETTEH QUARCOO, vs. B.A. QUARCOO, JAFRO MENSAH LARKAI

The case involves a dispute over the headship of the Onamrokor Adain family in Accra. The plaintiff, Nii Paul Ayitey Tetteh, sued as head of the family against B.A. Quarcoo and Jafro Mensah Larkai, claiming declarations affirming his headship since 1994, injunctions against the defendants from claiming headship, estoppel based on a prior Court of Appeal judgment, damages for personal injury, and retractions of publications by the defendants. The defendants, in a separate but consolidated suit, sought injunctions to restrain the plaintiff's family from installing a chief and conducting burial rites for the deceased Paul Ayitey Tetteh at the family cemetery. The dispute centers on rightful leadership and authority within the family, including management of family lands and customary duties.

ATUGUBA J.S.C.:- In this consolidated suit the plaintiff in the first suit no. F2453/2002 sued as per the indorsement on the writ “for HIMSELF AND AS THE HEAD OF ONAMROKO ADAIN FAMILY HOUSE NO. 146 AVENOR – ACCRA V. 1. B.A. QUARCOO H/NO. 24 OKATEI - NETTEY STREET, KORLE WORKO – ACCRA 2. JAFRO LARKAI H/NO. 23 DOMIABRA STREET KOTOBABI – ACCRA” Claiming “a. Declaration that the Plaintiff has been Head of Family of Onamrokor Adain family since 1994 and has remained same to date. b. Perpetual injunction against the Defendants, from upholding themselves as Head and Assistant Head of the Onamrokor – Adain family. c.Declaration that by the Court of Appeal’s judgment of 16/12/80 the Defendant is estopped from ever contesting the Headship of the family of Onamrokor – Adain. d. General damages for personal injury done to the Plaintiff as a result of the activities of the Defendants in relation to the Headship of the family since the beginning of ...