AMPIAH JSC (delivering the first judgment at the invitation of Francois JSC).
This appeal is from a decision of the chieftaincy tribunal of the National House of Chiefs. The decision is dated 20 November 1986. Somewhere in August 1975 the plaintiff-appellants (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiffs) representing the Dominase-Moree section of the Nsona stool family of Nkanfoa initiated proceedings at the judicial committee of the Oguaa Traditional Council against the defendant-respondents (hereinafter referred to as the defendants) representing the Effutu section of the Nsona stool family of Nkanfoa, claiming:
(1). “An order for the destoolment of the first defendant herein.
(2). A declaration that the Nsona stool of Nkanfoa belongs jointly to the plaintiffs’ section and the defendants’ section and the defendants’ section of the Nsona stool family of Nkanfoa.
(3). A declaration that the nomination, election and installation of candidates to the Nkanfoa Nsona stool is rotatory amongst…