NANA OTUO ANTWI BOASIAKO vs. NANA ADJEI PANIN

JUDGMENT TORKORNOO (MRS.) JSC:- Introduction In 1927, almost one hundred years ago, the ancestors of the parties to the appeal herein met before the Native Tribunal of Kumasi in contest over the boundary between the Abonu (also spelt Abono and Abornu in various parts of the record of this suit) stool and the Deduako (also spelt Dediako) stool in the Ashanti region. In that 1927 law suit, the progenitor of the Plaintiff/Respondent/Appellant in the appeal before us (hereafter referred to as Plaintiff) was called Kofi Tumtuo and the progenitor of the current Defendant/Appellant/Respondent (Defendant) was Kwame Adjaye. The current parties have been in contest over the boundary between the Abonu stool and the Deduako since 2007, eighty years after their earlier boundary dispute started. History of current suit Plaintiff’s claims In the writ issued on 25th April 2007, the plaintiff indorsed the following claims 1. A declaration of title to and recovery of possession of all that .....