NKONNUA V. ANAAFI

OLLENNU J.

In this case, the plaintiff claims that she is the Queen-mother of the Odau Division in Akyem Abuakwa, and the head of the Aduana royal family of Otwereso and Osenase. She claims declaration that the land and farm thereon, subject-matter of this suit, is the property of her said family, the royal Aduana family; she also claims an order for recovery of possession of, and mesne profits from the said farm.

She pleaded that the said land was originally cultivated by members of her family, Adwoa Anto, Yaw Baduo and Kwasi Ayebiahene or Ayebiafwe, when it was forest land, and later her uncle, the late Nana Obeng Akese, developed the land into a cocoa farm; she further pleaded that the defendant who is not a member of her said family has wrongfully taken possession of the said farm, and has refused upon demand to surrender it to the family.

The defendant admitted the allegation of the plaintiff that he was in possession of the farm, but denied all the other averments of fact made in t…