ABA AMOKUMAH V. KOBINA KUM & ANOR

JUDGMENT

INTRODUCTION

The fundamental question raised for the determination in this appeal involves the nature and ownership at customary law of a piece of land on which the deceased husband of the Plaintiff who died intestate built a house numbered KK66 at Kokoado. Whilst the 1st and 2nd Defendants maintain that the land belonged to their grandmother/mother respectively and thus assumed the nature of a family property, the Plaintiff on the other hand insists that her late husband acquired the property from Nana Kow Ansah, Chief of Dompoase Kokoase who is the rightful owner of the land. 

This is an appeal against the Judgment of Her Honour Mawusi Bedjrah sitting at the District Court, Elmina delivered on 5th September, 2022.

Naturally dissatisfied with the decision, the Plaintiff/Appellant registered her protest against the decision of the by filing a Notice of Appeal on 1st December, 2022 consisting of 3 grounds.

Brief Facts

The facts that gave rise to the instant appeal are Plaintiff/Appe…