PROFESSOR EBENEZER ESSUMAN AND DR. ADWOA GUAMFUA ESSUMAN V. GHASSAN BITAR AND 3 OTHERS

JUDGMENT

LAWRENCE L. MENSAH, J.A.

This is an appeal against the judgment of the High Court, Sekondi dated 31^st July 2017. The appeal is launched by the Plaintiffs/Appellants who will be referred to as the Plaintiffs against whom the judgment was entered in favour of the 1^st and 3^rd Defendants/Respondents who will be referred in this judgment as 1^st and 3^rd Defendants. There is also a cross-appeal by the 4^th Defendant/Appellant against the said judgment and he will be referred to in this judgment simply as the 4^th Defendant.

FACTS:

This is a comparatively huge land appeal with several amendments of the parties. Because the parties are many and have different interests in the disputed land, the facts of the case has to be isolated so as to clear the twists and turns of the case. What this means is that the facts of each party’s case will be given and which are briefly as follows: The Plaintiffs who are a Ghanaian married couple are ordinarily resident in the United States of America. The 1^s…