ADUAMA OSEI JA:
By a writ of summons issued in the High Court, Kumasi, on the 26th of March, 2008, the Plaintiff/Respondent, hereinafter referred to as “the Plaintiff”, claimed the following reliefs against the Defendant/Appellant:
“1. A declaration that ownership to the farmland situate at Ampeyoo Krofofrom near Kumasi and which is registered as Okyeso Farms Limited is vested in the Plaintiff and his wife.
“2. Recovery of possession.
“3. An order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, his agents, servants, heirs and any person claiming title through him from interfering with the Plaintiff’s farmland in dispute.
“4. Damages for trespass.
“5. An order claiming one third (1/3) share of the animals reared on the plaintiff’s farmland by the defendant”.
The Plaintiff sought to justify the institution of his action in the statement of claim that accompanied the writ of summons. He stated in the statement of claim that in or around 1994, he acquired an 8.56 acre farmland situate at Ampe…