AGYEMANG JA:
The appellant who sued in his capacity as the administrator of the estate of his deceased father Malam Musa, but nonetheless described himself in pleading as the beneficial and legal owner of the land in dispute, claimed inter alia for, a declaration of title to, and recovery of possession of a sizeable tract of land described as situate and lying at East Legon covering an approximate area of 275.47 acres bounded on the North/West by the lessor’s property measuring 4000 ft. more or less, on the South/East by the Tema motor road measuring 4000ft. more or less, on the South/West by the lessor’s land property measuring 3000ft. more or less, and the North/East by the lessor’s property measuring 3000ft. more or less.
It was the appellant’s case at trial, that his late father Malam Musa who had been the head of the Hausa community, had in 1969, acquired for his own use, the parcel of land the subject of the suit from the Nungua Stool acting by Nii Odai Ayiku who executed a lease …