NANA BOADU SEMERIKA I vs. MR. KWAME BOAKYE & OR.

This ruling is in respect of an application for perpetual injunction to restrain the defendant/respondents, to be referred to as the defendants, pending the final determination of the suit filed by the plaintiff/applicant, hereafter called the plaintiff. The plaintiff filed a writ in the Registry of this Court on 5th April, 2014, originally against only the first defendant claiming (a) a declaration that as the Nifahene of Adansi Abadwum and the chief of Nyamso he is the only person clothed with authority to alienate Nyamso lands, (b) an order of perpetual injunction, and (c) an order for account for all lands that have been alienated by the defendant. In his response, the first defendant asserted that his services were engaged by the queen of New Edubiase, one Nana Akua Dwum II, to demarcate pieces of land in the area. According to him, he was engaged as a professional for a fee and he performed the part of his bargain in terms of the contract between him and the queen. He denied bein...