NYAMEKYE
V.
ANSAH

(1989) JELR 69357 (CA)

Court of Appeal 19 Jan 1989 Ghana
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- The plaintiff sought a declaration of title to a piece of land at Kajebil and an order of perpetual injunction to restrain the defendants from interfering with her family’s rights over the disputed land. The defendants counterclaimed for

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Judges:OSEI-HWERE JA,AMPIAH JA,LAMPTEY J.A.
Counsel:J. B. SHORT FOR THE PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT; A. B. SAM FOR THE SECOND DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.
Other Citations:[1989-90] 2 GLR 152

AMPIAH J.A.

The plaintiff in her action claimed against the defendants a declaration of title to a piece of land at Kajebil and an order of perpetual injunction to restrain the defendants, their agents, workmen and assignees from interfering with her family’s rights over and in the disputed land. The defendants denied the plaintiff’s claim and counterclaimed for a declaration of title to almost the same land. The learned trial judge at the High Court, Sekondi on 2 August 1983, dismissed the plaintiff’s claim and gave judgment for the defendants on their counterclaim. Against this judgment the plaintiff has appealed to this court.

The plaintiff has attacked the judgment on many grounds, one of which is that the judgment was against the weight of the evidence. The issues which the parties set down for determination were:

(a) Whether the land in dispute belongs to the whole royal Ekissi family of Kajebil or to the T. S. Apia’s branch of the said family.
(b) Whether the new cemetery was sold…

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