EBUSUAPANYIN KWEKU ASEMA (SUBSTITUTED FOR EBUSUAPANYIN KWEKU EDUAFO (DECEASED) (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. NANA AKWA (DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT) And. EBUSUAPANYIN KWEKU ASEMA SUBSTITUTED FOR EBUSUAPANYIN KWEKU EDUAFO (DECEASED) Vs. NANA ACQUAH (C0NS0LIDATED SUIT) [2015]DLCA8292

EBUSUAPANYIN KWEKU ASEMA (SUBSTITUTED FOR EBUSUAPANYIN KWEKU EDUAFO (DECEASED) (... [2015]DLCA8292

Date	2015-05-13
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/40/09 SUIT NO. LS7/1994
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA8292

C. J. HONYENUGA J.A (PRESIDING)

S. K. GYAN JA

G. S. SUURUBAREH JA

MR. KWAKU PAINTSIL FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

MR. GEORGE MARK BADJI FOR THE DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT

[2015]DLCA8292
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EBUSUAPANYIN KWEKU ASEMA (SUBSTITUTED FOR EBUSUAPANYIN KWEKU
EDUAFO (DECEASED)<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>NANA AKWA<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>AND.<o:p></o:p>EBUSUAPANYIN KWEKU ASEMA
SUBSTITUTED FOR EBUSUAPANYIN KWEKU EDUAFO (DECEASED)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NANA ACQUAH (C0NS0LIDATED SUIT)<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
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CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/40/09&nbsp;&nbsp; SUIT NO. LS7/1994&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 13TH MAY, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. KWAKU PAINTSIL FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR. GEORGE MARK BADJI
FOR THE DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

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C.
J. HONYENUGA J.A (PRESIDING), S. K. GYAN JA, G. S. SUURUBAREH JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>HONYENUGA, JA<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal by the plaintiff/appellant (hereinafter called the appellant)
against the judgment of the High Court Cape Coast dated the 9th day
of June, 2008.&nbsp; The said judgment
dismissed the action of the appellant and entered judgment for the
defendant/respondent (hereinafter called the respondent) upon the reliefs
claimed in his counterclaim save that of recovery of possession. Costs of
Gh¢1,000.00 was awarded against the appellant.<o:p></o:p>We
must state that the appeal is a consolidated suit listed as Suits No. LS7/1994
and 8/1994 involving the same parties and two separate and distinct parcels of
land.<o:p></o:p>The
facts of this appeal are that the parties claim a common ancestry to the first
chief of Akwakrom, a farming village near Mankessim.&nbsp; According to oral history of the Fantes, all
the Fantes migrated and settled at Mankessim from Techiman in the present Brong
Ahafo Region.&nbsp; At Mankessim, they began
to split up into various units.&nbsp; The
section of Fantes known as Ekumfis initially settled at a part of Mankessim
called Edumadze where they moved out led by their Paramount Chief Nana Akyin I
whom both parties to this appeal relate in different contexts. The undisputed
fact is that since Nana Akwah I was the first chief of Akwakrom, he gave his
name to it.&nbsp; The appellant claims that he
and his clan trace their ancestry to the said first chief through his sons,
hence the reference to them as “mbabanyin”.
The respondent is undisputedly the successor in title to the first chief.&nbsp; By the Fanti custom or the custom prevailing
among the Akans, the parties stand forever in the relationship of father and
son. They can therefore not belong to the same family by reason of the
matrilineal inheritance practiced by most Akans. The lands in dispute are
distinct lands situated at a place called “Pomponu”
and “Anomakyea”.<o:p></o:p>After
several years of the appellant’s family being in possession of the land in
dispute, the respondent laid claim to the land, claiming that the entire land belongs
to his family stool because the appellants ancestors were the children of his
ancestor, Nana Acquah I.&nbsp; The respondent
further engaged a surveyor who demarcated the land such that the entire land
formed part of the respondent’s stool land. The respondent also claimed that
the appellant is a caretaker of the land in dispute.&nbsp; Unable to bear the continued disturbances of
their possession the appellant caused the instant writs of summons which were
accompanied by statements of claims to be issued against the respondent
claiming as follows “LS7/94.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp; “<o:p></o:p>a)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs</main>