MENSA BOISON J.
The plaintiff was for about 34 years the Bechemhene. He abdicated in July 1967 and the first defendant was subsequently enstooled as the Bechemhene and he is sued in that capacity. The second and the third defendants are sued in respect of certain acts alleged against them in the course of their functions as public officers of the Brong-Ahafo Regional Administration, in connection with the Bechem stool affairs. The two other defendants are hardly of any importance in the present application and need no further mention.
On 10 December 1968, the plaintiff instituted the present action claiming among other things:
(1) A declaration that certain properties (listed in a schedule to the writ of summons) are the self-acquired properties of the plaintiff.
(2) An order of injunction restraining the defendants from interfering with those properties or in respect of the said properties.
(3) An order to account for proceeds, profits and rents out of those properties.
(4) Damages for tre…