GHANA RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY vs. NANA AMPOFO KYEI BARFOUR (SUING PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY NANA ANTWI FOSUHENE I)

AYEBI, JA 1. On 17th January 2013, the plaintiff/respondent as the occupant of the Asem Stool, sued four defendants for principally, a declaration that all that parcel or piece of land (fully described) being occupied by the Ghana Railway Company Limited indefeasibly forms part of Asem Stool Lands free from all manner of encumbrances. The writ of summons was accompanied by a statement of claim. The four defendants the plaintiff/respondent originally sued were: 1. Justimo Construction Company Limited 2. Osei Kwame 3. Yaa Serwaa 4. Egg Sellers Association Limited 2. But upon an application by the 2nd defendant that it was his company which acquired the portion of the land being claimed by the plaintiff/respondent, Despite Company Ltd. was substituted in place of Osei Kwame as the second defendant 3. Upon a further application by the 2nd defendant, Despite Company Ltd, that the erstwhile Ghana Railway Corporation (now the Ghana Railway Development Authority) was its lessor of the...