JUDGMENT
SOWAH, J.A.:
Introduction
This appeal is from a judgment delivered by the Circuit Court Weija, Accra on 26th November 2021. The judgment is at pages 143 – 151 of the record of appeal.
The defendant/appellant filed his Notice of Appeal on 9th December 2021 and is seeking that the judgment in favour of the plaintiff/respondent is set aside and in its place judgment entered for the defendant/appellant.
Hereafter in this judgment, the parties will retain their designations at the trial court
Brief facts
The dispute is in respect of a parcel of land which is at Kokrobite in the Ga South District, Greater Accra Region. The parties each claim that the Nii Arde Nkpa family of Plerno (or Plarno) is their grantor. The plaintiff alleges a lease in 2003 with a Land Certificate obtained in 2014 whilst the defendant alleges a lease in 1997 and registered at the Deeds Registry in 1998 and a pending registration at the Land Title Registry.
Plaintiffs case
The plaintiffs’ suit was filed in October 202…