JUDGEMENT OF OLLENNU J.
The jurisdiction of the Land Court, a division of the High Court, both original and appellate, was given by section 24 subsection (1) of the Courts Ordinance, Cap. 4, which reads:
"24 (1) There shall be a Division of the High Court, to be known as the Lands Division, which shall within Ghana exercise jurisdiction in all causes and matters relating to the ownership, possession or occupation of lands, specifically assigned to the Lands Division by this or any other Ordinance."
The causes and matters assigned to it for the exercise of its original jurisdiction are set out in subsection (4) of the said section 24 which says:
“(4) Subject to the provisions of section 19 of this Ordinance a Land Court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction to hear and determine any cause or matter relating to ownership, possession or occupation of land …”
The said causes and matters are there set out.
Section 26 of the Ordinance shows that the "causes or matters” mentioned in section …