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YEBOAH AND OTHERS
V.
KWAKYE

(1986) JELR 67668 (CA)

Court of Appeal 5 Jun 1986 Ghana
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- The case involves a dispute over properties, including a plot of land and several farms, which were registered as one unit under the name of Afua Pokua/J Y Donkor. - Afua Pokua built the buildings on the plot and cultivated the farms, but

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Judges:ABBAN JA,OSEI-HWERE JA,AMPIAH JA
Counsel:OFOSU-ASANTE FOR THE APPELLANTS; OPOKU-BOATENG (WITH HIM KWAKU BOATENG) FOR THE RESPONDENTS.

OSEI-HWERE J.A.

The properties in dispute may conveniently be lined up in two groups. In one group is the plot of land at Nsukwao, Koforidua which is partly developed into swish and cement-block buildings. In the other are the three cocoa farms at Suhien Aboye, a sugar-cane farm a Nsukwao, Koforidua Old Estate Road and a foodcrops farm near the cemetery, Koforidua. The cement-blocks building comprise one storey structure ( the main buildings and two outbuildings commonly called “boys quarters.” Because all these building stand in close proximity, they have been registered at the Koforidua Municipal Council as one unit with the registration number T 29. The registered owner is given as Afua Pokua /J Y Donkor.

Afua Pokua (now deceased) was the mother of J Y Donkor, described as Yaw Donkor at the trial. Afua Pokua had two sisters and two brothers, namely Abenaa Mframa, Amma Tanoa, Kwame Adjabeng and Tuffour. It does appear Amma Tanoa predeceased Afua Pokua. On the death of Afua Pokua her …

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