PREMPEH J.
In these proceedings under the Public Lands (Leasehold) Ordinance Cap. 138 (1951 Rev.) there are two claimants, each one of them claiming to be entitled to compensation from the government for an area of land at Keta acquired for prison warders' quarters. It is not disputed that the area of land acquired was the property of the Katahena family.
By his statement of claim the first claimant claimed that he was appointed head of the Katahena family at a family meeting held on the 5th September, 1961, and that he is the proper person to whom compensation should be paid. He maintained that the second claimant is not a member of the Katahena family and that he is not the head of that family.
By his statement of claim the second claimant also maintained that he was appointed head of the Katahena family on the 16th February, 1958, as the successor to one Rev. Harold Nicholas Kwawu, and that he is the present head of that family. He denied that the first claimant is head of that famil…