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GYASI
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KUMAMKUMA & ANOR

(2026) JELR 114954 (SC)

Supreme Court 25 Mar 2026 Ghana
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- The dispute concerned title to and possession of a parcel of land at Jetiase (Agric), Ashanti Region, claimed by both the Kumwaa family (plaintiff/respondent) and the Mamponghene (2nd defendant/appellant), with allegations of ancestral pu

Case Details

Suit Number:J4/35/2024
Judges:LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS.) JSC, ASIEDU JSC, GAEWU JSC, KWOFIE JSC, AMALEBOBA JSC
Counsel:JAMES MARSHALL BELIEB ESQ. FOR THE 2ND DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT WITH DERICK ADU-GYAMFI ESQ. NANA SEKYERE-BOATENG ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/RESPONDENT.

JUDGMENT

ASIEDU, JSC:

[1.0]. INTRODUCTION

My lords, this is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Kumasi, delivered on the 21st December, 2023 in favour of the Plaintiff/Appellant/Respondent (hereinafter referred to as the Respondent).

In the said judgment, the Court of Appeal set aside the judgment of the High Court, which judgment of the High Court had been delivered in favour of the Defendants therein. The 2nd Defendant/Respondent/Appellant shall hereinafter be referred to as the Appellant.

[2.0]. FACTS

By an amended writ and statement of claim issued out of the Registry of the High Court, Mampong, the Respondent claimed against the 1st Defendant and the 2nd Defendant/ Respondent/Appellant (hereinafter called the Appellant) the following reliefs:

(a) Declaration of title and recovery of possession of all that parcel of land situate and being at a place commonly known and called Jetiase (Agric) sharing BOUNDARIES with Samanpa Stream, Mampong Technical College of Edu…

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