<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>AKUFO-ADDO J.S.C.</strong></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The plaintiff and the first defendant are both natives of Teppa in Ashanti, and the land the subject-matter of this appeal is a building plot situate in the town of Teppa. The plaintiff brought his action in the then Native Court of Teppa claiming a declaration of title to the said building plot of land and an order for possession.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The plaintiff&#x27;s case was that sometime in 1954 the land in dispute was granted to him by the Odikro of Teppa for building purposes and for the said grant he gave the Odikro the sum of four pounds (£4) and a bottle of gin by way of customary acknowledgement of the grant. He then at the request of the Odikro paid him a further sum of ten shillings which the Odikro said was to be paid to the local council.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Odikro in his evidence said he paid this money to the third defendant, a revenue collector for the local council, on whom the Odikro directed the plaintiff to call for a receipt. According to the plaintiff he later, at the demand of the th…</p>