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EBUSUAPANYIN KWAME ATTA (SUBST. BY EBUSUAPANYIN KOFI KWA DUA)
V.
EBUSUAPANYIN KWAKU AMOESI

(2024) JELR 111798 (SC)

Supreme Court 24 Apr 2024 Ghana
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- This case involves an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which reversed the judgment of the High Court. - The dispute is over the ownership of a piece of land in Akatakyiwa, Ghana. - The Appellant claims that their ancest

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Suit Number:CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/22/2024
Judges:E. YONNY KULENDI, JSC M. OWUSU (MS.), JSC I.O. TANKO AMADU, JSC G. K. KOOMSON, JSC H. KWOFIE, JSC
Counsel:ISAAC AGGREY-FYNN ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/ APPELLANT. PHILIP M. YOUNG ESQ. FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.

 JUDGMENT

KULENDI JSC:

INTRODUCTION

1. We have before us an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Cape Coast, delivered on the 29th of June 2022 which reversed the judgment of the High Court dated 22nd October 2020. Per the notice of Appeal filed on the 19th of July 2022, the Appellant seeks an order setting aside the Judgment of the Court of Appeal and a further order restoring the judgment of the trial High Court. For ease of reference and for the purposes of this Appeal, we shall refer to the Plaintiff as the Appellant, and the Defendant as the Respondent. 

 BACKGROUND:

2. The backdrop against which the     instant appeal was mounted are as follows:

The Appellant, in his capacity as Head of the Aboradze family of Akatakyiwa, filed a Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim on 28th October 2009. This was then subjected to several amendments culminating in an “Amended Amended Statement of Claim” filed on the 6th of February 2015.  In reaction to thi…

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