AMA SERWAA AND KWAKU HENEBA vs. NANA AFRANE OKESE IV, EJISU TRADITIONAL COUNCIL EJISU, AND ALHAJI ABUBAKARI OPOKU [2020]DLCA10008

AMA SERWAA AND KWAKU HENEBA vs. NANA AFRANE OKESE IV, EJISU TRADITIONAL COUNCIL... [2020]DLCA10008

Date	2020-11-26
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/58/2020
Citation No.	[2020]DLCA10008

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA. (PRESIDING)

A. B. POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA.

SAMUEL K.A. ASIEDU JA.

WILLIAM KUSI FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS

STEPHEN ALEWABA LED BY HANSEN KODUAH FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

[2020]DLCA10008
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AMA SERWAA AND KWAKU HENEBA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NANA AFRANE OKESE IV, EJISU TRADITIONAL COUNCIL EJISU, AND ALHAJI
ABUBAKARI OPOKU<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:
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</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>WILLIAM
KUSI FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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ALEWABA LED BY HANSEN KODUAH FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA.
(PRESIDING), A. B. POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA., SAMUEL K.A. ASIEDU JA.<o:p></o:p>

</div>ASIEDU,
JA.<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal by the
Plaintiffs/Appellants (hereinafter referred to as the Appellants) against the
judgment of the High Court, Kumasi delivered on the 31st July 2019,
in favour of the Defendants/Respondents (hereinafter referred to as the
Respondents). <o:p></o:p>On the 14th October 2010,
the Appellants caused a writ of summons to issue against the Respondents for: <o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order for declaration of title to a
parcel of land situate at a place commonly called Detieso and Ntetimu Nkwanta
on Nyinataase Stool land in the Ejisu Traditional Area of Ashanti and bounded
by the properties of Kwadwo Kwah of Detibre, Nana Kwasi Oppong of Banso, Kofi
Agyei, Asonahene of Nyinataase, Abena Abon of Donaso, Opanin Akwantinfe of
Odaho, Nana Kwadwo Nkrumah of Nyinataase and Maame Pokuaa of Ejisu.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order for the recovery of
possession of the said land in dispute.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
And a further order of perpetual
injunction restraining the Defendants from having anything to do with the land
in dispute. <o:p></o:p>The 3rd Respondent herein
filed a counterclaim to the Appellant’s claim and prayed the High Court for:<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that all that parcel of
land measuring approximately 47.05 acres of land bounded on all sides by the
farms and properties of Nana Osei Oppong, Abena Abon, Opanin Akwantinfe, Nana
Kwadwo Nkrumah and Maame Pokuaa of Ejisu is vested exclusively in the 3rd
Defendant per the Promissory Note dated the 14th day of March 2009
duly executed by the then Plaintiffs’ Head of family Opanin Kwadwo Boateng and
some principal elders of the said family.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;