THE REPUBLIC
V.
THE REGISTRAR, DISTRICT MAGISTRATE COURT, SEKONDI EX PARTE; JOSEPH NATTEY AND GEORGE ACQUAH

A. M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS), J.A.

1. This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court Sekondi dated 10^th March 2016. In the said judgment, His Lordship the Learned Trial Judge quashed the decision of the District Court, Sekondi dated 10^th December 2013, by which the District Court had given judgment in favour of the Interested Party/Appellant herein and against the Applicant/Respondent herein. The Interested Party/Appellant was the plaintiff at the District Court while the Applicant/Respondent was the defendant at the District Court.

2. The antecedents of the litigation that culminated in this appeal are that: The defendant i.e. the Applicant/Respondent herein bought a piece of land on leasehold terms known as Plot No. 218A, Airport Ridge Extension, Takoradi from the Ekisi Royal family (i.e. the family of the Interested Party/Appellant) in 1987. Thereafter, for a period of over ten years he lived and worked in the United States of America. The Applicant/Respondent contented that whe…