Abban ,J.: The appeal is from the District Court Grade I, Accra, presided over by Mrs. Liverpool. At the trial five suits were consolidated as the plaintiffs in each of the five suits were the same, and even though the defendants were not the same, they were all tenants of the said plaintiffs and were occupying various stores in the same business premises, the subject-matter of dispute.
The plaintiffs, as the landlords of business premises, numbered D.897, Selwyn Market, Accra, sued the defendants for: (a) the recovery of the stores in the premises, (b) arrears of rent, and (c) mesne profits. The learned magistrate gave judgment against all the defendants, but only three of them, namely, Rawanji Brothers (second defendant), M. Captan (third defendant), and Starco (Ghana) Ltd. (fifth defendant) appealed.
It should be noted that before the present action was instituted, the plaintiffs had, in 1968, sued the defendants-appellants and some other tenants in another district court grade 1, co…