S. U. ONU, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): The appellants as the successful plaintiffs in the High Court of Anambra State, presided over by Awogu, J. (as he then was) holden in Onitsha, lodged the appeal herein from the decision of the Court of Appeal, Enugu Division (coram: Katsina-Alu, Macaulay and Oguntade, JJ.C.A.) which upheld the defendants/respondents appeal thereto. It was sequel to plaintiffs/appellants action filed for themselves and on behalf of the Ejindu family of Umu-Muoneme, Umuebunam, in Uruowolu Village, Obosi against the defendants/respondents who defended the action for and on behalf of Uyenu, Udechukwu and Obi families of Umu-Ikewlugo, Umuebunam in Uruowulu Village, Obosi, as per their writ dated 11/10/76 for the following reliefs:-
"1. Declaration that Ana Umuebunam situate at Obosi, comprising Ana Odo Izuzu, Ogwugwu Enebo and Abo, is the communal property not of the defendants alone but of both the plaintiffs and the defendants Annual value N20.00.
2. D…