NII NORTEY OWUO III V. GA TRADITIONAL COUNCIL, NII DODOO NSAKI III, GREATER ACCRA REG. HOUSE OF CHIEFS, NATIONAL HOUSE OF CHIEFS AND NII OKWEI KINKA DOWUONA VI

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC:-

This is an appeal against the ruling of the Court of Appeal delivered on the 25^th day of June 2015. For a better appreciation of the main issues in this appeal let me attempt to set down in detail the facts giving rise to this appeal.

The plaintiff/appellant/appellant, hereafter described as plaintiff, issued a writ of summons against the 5 defendants, including Nii Okwei Kinka Dowuona VI, hereafter described as 5^th defendant/ respondent, praying for

1. A declaration firstly, that the purported decision of the 1^st defendant taken on or about 23^rd August 2010 at an alleged Council meeting presided over by the 2^nd defendant (concerning the forwarding to the 3^rd defendant of the Chieftaincy Declaration Forms of the 5^th Defendant for the purposes of procuring the insertion of the name of the 5^th defendant as the Osu Mantse in the National Register of chiefs by the 4^th Defendant, was a decision obtained by the fraud and collusion of the 2^nd defendant and 5^th defendant OR A…