PRO-UMA TANKO vs. VIOLET TAGOE & 2 ORS

JUDGMENT The facts of this case are that on 18th February 1974, Akweinas Farms & Company acquired, for agricultural purposes, a lease of a large tract of land from Nii Kwaku Fosu II, Ablekuma Mantse. The said lease was registered at the Deeds Registry and indexed as No 1383/76. Subsequently, by a Memorandum of Understanding dated 20th May 2005 made between Akweinas Farms & Company and Nii Larbi Mensah, Ablekuma Mantse and Atofotse of Sempe Stool (a.k.a) Adjin Tetteh), the parties agreed to vary the use of the land from agricultural to residential purposes for the unexpired residue of the head lease. By a Deed of Assignment dated 22nd June 2005, Akweinas Farms & Company purported to assign a section of the land it acquired from the Ablekuma Stool to the Plaintiff, Pro-Uma Tanko. The Plaintiff claimed that prior to the variation of the land use from agricultural to residential purposes, he had already taken possession of the land that he acquired from Akweinas Farms which is the s...