EBUSUAPANYIN KOJO BAMBA SUBSTITUTED BY PETER KOFI ARTHUR vs. NANA KOBINA ANKWANDAH III, MADAM AMA KUFFUWA AND OPANYIN KWESI ACKON

HONYENUGA, J.A. This is an appeal by the plaintiff/appellant against the judgment of the High Court, Cape Coast dated the 25th day of March, 2011. The said decision dismissed the plaintiff/appellant’s claim and awarded costs of GH¢1,000.00 against him. The facts of this appeal are that the plaintiff/appellant claims that the parties belonged to one family that is the Royal Nsona family of which he is the head, and also head of the land in dispute. Accordingly, the 1st defendant/respondent was made the chief of Ankwandah during the headship of his predecessor. However, through a misunderstanding among the people of Ankwandah including the Royal Nsona family, the 1st defendant/respondent unilaterally and voluntarily seceded from the family and formed another Nsona family headed by the 3rd defendant/respondent. The defendants/respondents installed the 2nd defendant/respondent as the queenmother of the town. The 1st defendant/respondent and his siblings were alienating portio...