NUMO NORTEY ADJEIFIO(SUBSTITUTED BY NII ADJEI SANKUMA) & 6 OTHERS vs. NII MATE TESA (SUBSTITUTED BY DANIEL MAKWEI MAMAH) & 5 OTHERS

AYEBI J.A. I am also of the opinion that the appeal has no merit and should be dismissed on the grounds as held in the lead judgment. My small comment is to highlight the nature of the evidence led by the plaintiffs and 5th defendant/appellant in particular in support of their rival claims. The piece of land on which the Teshie people settled when they left Labadi was said to have been purchased from the people of Nungua. This piece of land was not said to have extended to the railway line. There is evidence that the land was shared amongst the quarters of Teshie during the reign of Nii Ashitey Akomfra II as mantse. Numo Kofi Anum, founder of Tesa is said to have hosted Nii Akomfra II when he stopped over on his way to be installed a mantse. If that were so, then Tesa was in existence before the Teshie lands were shared amongst the quarters. In any case this evidence of the founding of Tesa on the one hand and the founding of Teshie and the sharing of the land amongst the...