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IN RE OSU STOOL; AKO NORTEI II
V.
NORTEY OWUO III

(2006) JELR 115340 (SC)

Supreme Court 17 May 2006 Ghana
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- Nii Ako Nortei II, Mankralo of Osu, acting for the Osu Stool, initiated High Court proceedings over Accra lands; Nii Nortei Owuo II, claiming to be Osu Mantse, moved to be substituted as the Osu Stool's representative in the litigation. -

Case Details

Suit Number:SC J4/2/2006
Judges:ATUGUBA, GEORGINA WOOD, PROF OCRAN, ANSAH AND ANINAKWAH JJSC
Counsel:FRANCIS ACHIBONGA FOR THE APPELLANT WA N ADUMUA-BOSSMAN FOR THE RESPONDENT

JUDGMENT

ATUGUBA JSC

The appellant herein, Nii Ako Nortei II, the Mankralo of Osu, purportedly acting as the lawful attorney of the Osu Stool, Accra, brought an action in the High Court, Accra in respect of some lands in Accra. However, Nii Nortei Owuo JU intervened in the said suit by motion praying to be substituted as the sole person who can represent the Osu Stool in that litigation, on the ground that he is the Osu Mantse. The High Court dismissed the application. When his application for review failed, he successfully appealed to the Court of Appeal against the dismissal of the application for substitution. Nii Ako Nortei II, the Mankralo of Osu, has therefore appealed to this court from the judgment of the Court of Appeal.

The Mankralo's counsel submits that the Applicant/Respondent/Respondent's application for substitution, in his stead, as the sole and proper person to represent the Osu Stool in the aforementioned suit in the High Court was fought on affidavit evidence, which sh…

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