NII NORTEY OWUO III vs. GA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL, NII DODOO NSAKI III, GREATER ACCRA REG. HOUSE OF CHIEFS, NATIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS AND NII OKWEI KINKA DOWUONA VI

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC:- This is an appeal against the ruling of the Court of Appeal delivered on the 25th day of June 2015. For a better appreciation of the main issues in this appeal let me attempt to set down in detail the facts giving rise to this appeal. The plaintiff/appellant/appellant, hereafter described as plaintiff, issued a writ of summons against the 5 defendants, including Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI, hereafter described as 5th defendant/ respondent, praying for 1. A declaration firstly, that the purported decision of the 1st defendant taken on or about 23rd August 2010 at an alleged Council meeting presided over by the 2nd defendant (concerning the forwarding to the 3rd defendant of the Chieftaincy Declaration Forms of the 5th Defendant for the purposes of procuring the insertion of the name of the 5th defendant as the Osu Mantse in the National Register of chiefs by the 4th Defendant, was a decision obtained by the fraud and collusion of the 2nd defendant and 5th defen...