AKUA NSOWAA, AKOSUA AMPONSAH, KWAKU NSIAH AND KWADWO TIWAA vs. TOAYIRI BAMBA AND HAJIA MAMAA

The facts of this case appear not to be seriously controverted and fall within a very narrow compass. The house in dispute described as H/NO C78 (now B7/2) Wenchi in the Brong Ahafo Region was originally owned by one Seidu Manje alias Seidu Banda, alias Asiedu Manje. The plaintiff/appellants/appellants who for sake of brevity shall be referred to as the appellants commenced action at the High Court, Wenchi against the defendants/respondents/respondents who shall be referred to in this delivery as the respondents. The first appellant is the niece of one Kofi Amponsah, the father of the second appellant. The third appellant is the customary successor of the said Kofi Amponsah. The respondents are the descendants of Seidu Manje and they claimed he was their grand uncle. It was the case of the appellants that Kofi Amponsah in his lifetime bought the house in dispute from Seidu Manje. This assertion was denied by the respondents as they contended that Seidu Manje never at any point ...