FORI vs. AYIREBI AND OTHERS [1966]DLSC1693

Date	1966-06-30
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1966]DLSC1693

AZU CRABBE JSC

OLLENNU JSC

LASSEY J.S.C.

VICTOR OWUSU FOR THE APPELLANT STOOL.

H. V. A. FRANKLIN FOR THE RESPONDENTS-SYNDICATE.

K. DUA-SAKYI FOR THE SEVENTH EIGHTH AND ELEVENTH RESPONDENTS AND THE FIRST CO-RESPONDENT.

D. S. EFFAH FOR THE SECOND CO-RESPONDENT.

[1966]DLSC1693
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >FORI<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;vs. <o:p></o:p>AYIREBI AND OTHERS <o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT]<o:p></o:p>[1966] GLR 627<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DATE:
30 JUNE 1966.<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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VICTOR OWUSU FOR THE APPELLANT STOOL.<o:p></o:p>

H. V. A. FRANKLIN FOR THE RESPONDENTS-SYNDICATE.<o:p></o:p>

K. DUA-SAKYI FOR THE SEVENTH, EIGHTH AND ELEVENTH
RESPONDENTS AND THE FIRST CO-RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

D. S. EFFAH FOR THE SECOND CO-RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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AZU CRABBE, OLLENNU AND LASSEY JJ.S.C.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF OLLENNU J.S.C.<o:p></o:p>Ollennu
J.S.C. delivered the judgment of the court. This is an appeal from a judgment
of Apaloo J. (as he then was), given in the High Court, Kumasi. The claim which
is for (i) damages for trespass, (ii) accounts and (iii) injunction, was made
originally against the first fifteen defendants, some of the respondents
herein. The first co-respondent, hereinafter referred to as the Banka stool,
was joined upon his application; the main grounds he relied upon for his
application are contained in paragraphs (5), (6) and (7) of his affidavit in
support of the application and are:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">“(5)
There is an agreed boundary between the Banka stool land and the Jadamwa stool
land, and by further agreement from ancient times the Banka stool is entitled
to one-half of the interests and profits of the Jadamwa stool land, recently
placed on a permanent basis by an arbitration before the Bodwesangohene in
proportions of one-third for Banka and two-thirds for Jadamwa. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(6) The
land held by the above-named persons, the seventh, eighth, tenth and eleventh
defendants is within the Banka stool lands and two-thirds for Jadamwa. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(7) That
the particulars of claim attached to the plaintiff’s writ, namely, the claim
that the northern boundary of Jadamwa stool land is the Deben river, takes in a
large portion of Banka stool land. The boundary between Jadamwa and Banka is a
watercourse named Nsamanfogore-Adowa and not the Deben river which is on Banka
lands.”<o:p></o:p>The
second co-respondent, hereinafter referred to as the Ofoase stool, was joined
upon his own motion; the grounds for the joinder are:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">&nbsp;“(a) That Ampatatwum stool of Ofoase is the
owner of the land in question now claimed by the plaintiff [appellant]. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(b) That
some time in the year 1925, my predecessor Nana Kwadjo Adjei I, the then
occupant of the stool granted farming rights over portions of the land in
question upon certain terms and conditions to Kwaku Ayirebi and some of the
defendants herein, who have since such occupation thereof been observing and
performing the said conditions.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(c) That
the lands now occupied by the plaintiff were originally for the Ampatatwum
stool of Ofoase but were later granted to the plaintiff‘s stool by virtue of
some family arrangement. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(d) That
the interest of Ampatatwum stool of Ofoase in and to the lands now occupied by
the defendants and claimed by the plaintiff would be greatly affected if I am
not permitted to join in the suit now pending for determination and assert my
stool’s rights thereto, and therefore make this affidavit in support of the
motion to that effect.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The land
claimed by the appellant stool is fully and clearly described in the
particulars attached to the writ of summons, and also in paragraph (2) of their
statement of claim, and is </main>