EMMANUEL K AZAMETI vs. DINGLE DORDZI ATTIPOE AND KWAWU NYATEFE

MERLEY WOOD JA On 12th December 2016, the High Court, Ho delivered judgment dismissing the claims of the Plaintiff/Appellant and entering judgement for the Defendants/Respondents on their counterclaim and declaring title in land referred to as Kpotavi land. This is an appeal by the Plaintiff/Appellant (hereafter referred to as the Plaintiff or Appellant) against the said judgment. The matters antecedent to the instant appeal are as follows: The Plaintiff, the acting head of the Kpeyehi family claimed as per his amended statement of claim, that his great grandfather founded a large tract of land at Ziope which extends beyond the Ziope township. This land is in two lots A and B, with the disputed land being a portion of Lot A. It is his case that Lot A is bounded on one side by the property of Ahiagba (Bortrie), Zilevu, Dugo and Humali Ashabi families, on two sides by the property of Kportave family, on another side by Dzokple stream and on the last side by the Ho-Aflao Main Road. ...