[2022]DLSC11706 • June 15, 2022 • Supreme Court
MICHAEL ODAI LOMOTEY AND EBENEZER OTU MAKPOI vs. KWOW RICHARDSON AND 3 OTHERS
DORDZIE (MRS.) JSC:- Facts: The plaintiffs in this suit Michael Odai Lomotey and Ebenezer Otu Makpoi claim they are administrators of the estate of their late father John Bortei Makpoi. It is the case of the plaintiffs that their late father owned a parcel of land situate at Nungua. The said land forms part of their late father’s estate and it is described in the writ of summons as follows: “ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND situate lying and being at Nungua – Accra bounded on the North by property of Abli Adama measuring 1000ft. more or less on the East by Stool land measuring 620ft. more or less on the South by the Accra – Tema Motorway measuring 1000ft more or less and on the West by Stool land measuring 640ft more or less comprising an approximate area of 14.46 acres.” According to the plaintiffs, their late father came by the land by a grant from the Nungua Stool represented by Nii Odai Ayiku IV in 1962. The documents of the grant had been registered with Lands Commiss...