EDWARD J.: The parties to this suit are all Dagomba citizens. The first plaintiff being the son of the second plaintiff. The events which seem to have provoked the present controversy between them as pleaded by the plaintiffs are that:
“About 1967 the defendant informed his son, Iddrisu Fuseini, that he, the defendant, is the father of the first plaintiff and the said Iddrisu Fuseini in the presence of and to the hearing of other persons told the first plaintiff that the defendant is the father of the first plaintiff. On or about 8 November 1970 the defendant in the presence of and to the hearing of other persons at Kumbungu told the second plaintiff that he, the defendant, is the father of the first plaintiff. The statement of the defendant that the first plaintiff is the defendant’s son might reasonably be interpreted to mean and it was so understood to mean by those to whom it was published that the first plaintiff does not know who his father is, and further that the second plainti…