THE REPUBLIC vs. THE REGISTRAR, DISTRICT MAGISTRATE COURT, SEKONDI EX PARTE; JOSEPH NATTEY AND GEORGE ACQUAH

A. M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS), J.A 1. This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court Sekondi dated 10th March 2016. In the said judgment, His Lordship the Learned Trial Judge quashed the decision of the District Court, Sekondi dated 10th December 2013, by which the District Court had given judgment in favour of the Interested Party/Appellant herein and against the Applicant/Respondent herein. The Interested Party/Appellant was the plaintiff at the District Court while the Applicant/Respondent was the defendant at the District Court. 2. The antecedents of the litigation that culminated in this appeal are that: The defendant i.e. the Applicant/Respondent herein bought a piece of land on leasehold terms known as Plot No. 218A, Airport Ridge Extension, Takoradi from the Ekisi Royal family (i.e. the family of the Interested Party/Appellant) in 1987. Thereafter, for a period of over ten years he lived and worked in the United States of America. The Applicant/Respondent conten...