JOHN BART ADDISON (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. HANNA KORDAI ADDY (DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)

HONYENUGA J.A. This is an appeal by the plaintiff/appellant from the decision of the High Court, Accra dated the 17th day of December 2009. The said decision decreed that the lease agreement under which the plaintiff/appellant entered the land had long expired. The decision also decreed recovery of possession and ejectment of the plaintiff/appellant from the land. The facts of this appeal are that the plaintiff/appellant claimed to have orally leased a building plot from one Oye Codjoe who is also known as Dunkrong Amartiokor, a fetish priestess for 50 years. The purpose of the grant was for the construction of a two storey commercial building. The plaintiff/appellant paid a customary drink of ¢200.00 (old cedis) or GH¢0.02 before completion of the building. He also paid ¢200.00 (old cedis) a month and a total rent of ¢120,000.00 (old cedis) or GH¢12.00 representing the 50 years duration of the lease without a receipt issued to him. The said building was later demolish...