AKWASI ATTA V. AMA KOMFUO AND OTHERS

F.G. KORBIEH, J.A.

The Appellant in this case was the Plaintiff in the District Court at Mamponteng where he had sued the 1^st Respondent alone fro two reliefs which were (a) a declaration of title to and recovery of possession of a farm land situate, lying and being at place commonly called “Adubinsua” and (b) the award of ¢1,000,000.00 as general damages for trespass to his land. In the course of the trial the 2^nd Respondent was joined to the suit as Co-Defendant. Following an order by the trial District Court for the parties to file pleadings, the Appellant filed a statement of claim on the 31/10/2003 in which he averred as follows: that he was a farmer and the “abusuapanin of Adubinsua”, that one day, whilst patrolling his land situate between Edwinase and Ebuoho, he noticed that the 1^st Respondent had cleared part of his land on Adubinsua stool land for farming purposes; that after the 1^st Respondent destroyed food crops he planted on that land cleared by him, he also uprooted some…