JOSEPH JOHN RADDY, JOHN BITAR & 2 ORS vs. NANA TUTU AMPEM II

JUDGMENT ADJEI-FRIMPONG JSC: My Lords, the events surrounding the subject matter of this appeal, which is Plot No. 106 Old Town Section B, Adum Kumasi, date back to 1927. It all started when on October 19 of that year, the then Government of Ashanti acting through the Chief Commissioner of Ashanti granted a 50-year lease of the Plot to one Nana Kwaku Nsebetuo, the chief of Akyiawkrom (confused with Akyinakrom, Akyaakrom). Sequel to the grant, Nana Nsebetuo went into some agreement with a certain Naja David and the 1st Defendant herein to develop the plot. As part of the material terms of the agreement, the developers would construct on the same plot, four storerooms which they would occupy as tenants, and four dwelling rooms with one kitchen and toilet to be occupied by Nana Nsebetuo. The cost of the construction together with a loan facility of 300 pounds which they advanced to Nana Nsebetuo was to be amortized through the monthly rent of 14 pounds or 168 pounds yearly, payable by ...