HAYFRON
V.
EGYIR

(1985) JELR 65405 (CA)

Court of Appeal · 24 Jun 1985 · Ghana

CORAM

APALOO CJ ,EDWARD WIREDU JA,OSEI-HWERE JA

Core Terms ^Beta

land

respondent

appellant

evidence

acts of ownership

lands department

methodist mission

disputed land

facts of this case

learned judge

appellant’s father

appellant’s mother

kwabena kaah

learned trial judge

oral grant

vegetable garden

alleged grant of a permission

appellant’s claim

better right

bosom of the respondent

copies of both documents

daughter of the late peter awoonor renner

deed of indenture

different story

evidence of her long undisturbed possession

evidence of the appellant

evidence shows

father’s knowledge

gift of a portion of the land

grant of the land

hearing of the suit

honest historical stories

identical land

knowledge of its ownership of the disputed land

known remedies

kweku azariah

little doubt

long possession

mr dawson

mrs mercer

new evidence

official records of the lands department

only evidence

piece of land

respondent’s claim

root of title

said vroom

senior member of the respondent

statutory declaration of mrs mercer

traditional history of the land

APALOO CJ.: The appellant, who was born in or about 1908, lives in Sekondi. She is the daughter of the late Peter Awoonor Renner who died in 1938. The deceased was a barrister. The appellant is, in a sense, fortunate to have been the daughter of a lawyer. This is because she was able to meet the case raised against her by written records dating back to 1900. Her father’s knowledge of conveyancing stood her in goodstead.

The evidence placed before the judge below, shows that on 17 August 1900 one Kuow Djonfia, head chief of Dutch Sekondi, sold and conveyed to one Hendrick Vroom a piece of land measuring 600 feet by 200 feet in Sekondi. The land was fully described in a deed of indenture which was executed to evidence the sale. On 22 February 1910 the said Vroom, for his part, sold and conveyed the identical land to the appellant’s father for the consideration named in the deed. These two deeds of indenture were duly stamped and registered in the Lands Department. Copies of both document…

HAYFRON V. EGYIR

HAYFRON
V.
EGYIR