JACOB KWAKU ACHEAMPONG vs. SEKYEREDUMASI STOOL [2018]DLCA4927

Date	2018-06-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/78/2016
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4927

ADUAMA OSEI JA (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE JA

WELBOURNE (MRS) JA

KWAME AWUAH FOR RESPONDENT.

JOHN BREFO FOR APPELALNT ABSENT.

[2018]DLCA4927
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JACOB KWAKU ACHEAMPONG<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SEKYEREDUMASI STOOL<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO: H1/78/2016&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; &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: 26TH JUNE, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KWAME
AWUAH FOR RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JOHN
BREFO FOR APPELALNT ABSENT. <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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ADUAMA
OSEI JA (PRESIDING), DZAMEFE JA, WELBOURNE (MRS) JA<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>ADUAMA OSEI JA:<o:p></o:p>By
his writ of summons issued in the High Court, Mampong Ashanti on the 4th
of August, 2008, the Plaintiff/Appellant, hereinafter referred to as “the Plaintiff”, sought the following
reliefs against the Defendant/Respondent, hereinafter referred to as “the Defendant”:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;“1. A
declaration that all lands inhabited by the people of Dapaase within the
Sekyeredumase Traditional Area are the property of Ankaasehene and not that of
Sekyeredumase Stool.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“2. Another declaration that the Abusuapanin of
Dapaase is the caretaker of all Dapaase lands for Ankaasehene situate within
the Sekyeredumase Traditional Area.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“3. A further declaration that the Sekyeredumase
Stool has no capacity to alienate, sell, pledge, allocate or dispose of any
portion of Dapaase lands within the Sekyeredumase Traditional Area without the
consent of the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“4. Order for accounts.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“5. Perpetual injunction restraining the Defendant
whether by itself, agents, assigns or any person or persons claiming through it
from in any way dealing with Dapaase lands inconsistent with the interest of
the Plaintiff”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In
the statement of claim that accompanied the writ of summons, the Plaintiff
described himself as a medical doctor and the Abusuapanin of the Asona
Dapaasefo of Sekyeredumase in Ashanti, and he stated that he had brought the
action in his capacity as the Abusuapanin of Dapaase.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
people of Dapaase were described as having migrated to their present abode from
Techiman in the Brong Ahafo Region in or about 1724, during the reign of
Otumfour Opoku Ware I, after the Asante – Techiman war. The Plaintiff pleaded
that when his ancestors arrived at their present abode, they became the guests
of the then Ankaasehene, Nana Yamoah Ponko. He stated that they were settled by
Nana Yamoah Ponko at their present abode, named Sekyeredumase, which </main>