JUDGMENT
The plaintiffs, Angela Ofori and Akosua Birago, issued a writ of summons at the High Court, Accra, against the defendants for a declaration of title to the land in dispute, a declaration that attempts made by the 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants to give a portion of the land in dispute to 4th defendant was unlawful, a perpetual injunction to restrain them from doing so and damages for trespass. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants are the chief and elders of Ayawaso in the Ga West Municipal Assembly, formerly Ga District of the Greater Accra Region, while the 4th defendant is a police officer.
In the accompanying statement of claim, the plaintiffs asserted that the 1st defendant sold the land in dispute that consisted of two building plots to one Samuel Kofi Adom. They further claimed that the said Samuel Kofi Adom also transferred his interest in the land in dispute to the plaintiffs. However, instead of having a new indenture issued as evidence of the assignment of his …