JUDGMENT
F.G. KORBIEH, J.A.
The brief facts of the case leading to this appeal are as follows. The plaintiff/appellant herein sued per his lawful attorney. He averred in his amended statement of claim that he had a sales agreement with one Ehrengried Kojo Mawudeka to buy from the latter his piece or parcel of land at the Airport Residential Area in Accra for the sum of US$180,000.00. The sale agreement was dated 19/6/1997. The plaintiff/appellant’s averment continued as follows: the said land had been leased to one Christo John Philip Pakis by the President of the Republic of Ghana for a term of 50 years and Christo John Philip Pakis had in turn assigned his unexpired interest in the land to the Church of Christ which assignment had received the consent of the Lands Commission. “5.By a deed of assignment made between Christo John Philip Pakis and EHRENGRIED KOJO MAWUDEKA and dated the 20th day of September 1971 the Church of Christ assigned her interest in the said land for the residue …