MADAM ADWOA SERWAAH V. KWADWO BAAFI AND 2 OTHERS

DOMAKYAAREH (MRS), J. A.

1. This appeal arose from litigation among members of the same family concerning the management of their family property. The plaintiff/respondent herein sued the defendants/appellants in her capacity as the eldest female member of their maternal family on her own behalf and on behalf of the maternal members of her said family. The 1^st defendant/appellant is their Head of Family and the 2^nd and 3^rd defendants/appellants are biological sons of the plaintiff/respondent who have been appointed by the 1^st defendant/appellant as caretakers of his stewardships of the family property due to his old age and ill-health.

2. The plaintiff/respondent claimed the following reliefs at the trial court, namely:-

“a) A declaration that the under listed properties belong to the plaintiffs immediate maternal family, namely;

(i) All that story building house on plot number M/S BLK 4, Kumawu, Ashanti

(ii) All that parcel of cocoa farms situate, being and lying at a place commonly known…