OMANE AND ANOTHER V. POKU AND ANOTHER

ANNAN J.A.: The dispute in this action revolves around one Kofi Boakye, a national of the Ivory Coast, who came to Ghana more than 60 years ago, lived here and married here and also acquired property and died here. Kofi Boakye, it is admitted, died in about August or September 1965. He left property including cocoa farms. Two of these cocoa farms form the subject-matter of this action.

Almost immediately after his death, rival claims were made in respect of his estate and since the contestants were unable, after certain preliminary skirmishes, to settle their differences, one of them, Opanin Kwaku Omane sued the other Barima Kwasi Poku, claiming as successor of the late Kofi Boakye, a declaration of title to the two cocoa farms, particulars of which appear on the writ of summons, and also for a perpetual injunction and for further reliefs. These farms are at Apatriatom on Nerebehi stool land and are said to have boundaries in the one case with Kofi Siriboe, Afua Dokyiwah, Kofi Boakye, …