JUDGEMENT
JONES DOTSE JSC
This an appeal by the Defendant/Appellant/Appellant in both consolidated suits, hereafter referred to as the defendant against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, dated 3rd April, 2008 in favour of the Plaintiffs/Respondents/Respondents in both cases, hereafter referred to as the plaintiffs.
The plaintiff in Suit No. 81/92 is the daughter of Odikro Kwabena Agyakwa now deceased, who was the leader of a group of farmers who purchased land from the Akim Abuakwa and Begoro stools. The portion of land in respect of which (his daughter) the plaintiff herein instituted the action is the portion of land that was apportioned to her late father. Portions of the land which Odikro Kwabena Agyakwa purchased with members of the syndicate and which was apportioned to him formed part of the land that he later sold to a group of Krobo farmers led by one Kwesi Ghartey a.k.a Kwesi Photo or Photo Kwesi. The defendant herein is the customary successor of the said Kwesi Ghartey.
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