NANA ABENE II AND BISMARK KWAKU MFAFO V. MAXWELL EMMANUEL ARMAH AND 4 OTHERS

SOWAH, J.A.:

Introduction

This is an appeal from the Ruling of the High Court, Koforidua, dated 26^th February 2016 by which the plaintiff's suit was dismissed on grounds of res judicata and abuse of the processes of the court.

The plaintiffs/appellants by a writ of summons filed on 9^th September 2015 claimed the following reliefs against the defendants'/respondents'

a. A declaration that the 1^st defendant’s name was gazetted in the National Register of Chiefs on 28^th September, 2011 by the 5^th defendant institution.

b. A declaration that the information/declaration contained in the said Chieftaincy Declaration Forms (CDFs) and other supporting documents as particularized in paragraphs 14, 15 and 16 of the statement of claim were fraudulently made by the 1^st and 2^nd defendants.

c. A declaration that the 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th defendants failed in their statutory duty to fully investigate the authenticity of the said declarations.

d. An order of this Honourable Court directed at the National House o…