THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH V. BUILDAF LTD MR. ABU AND MOHAMMED ASAMOA - KWANING

JUDGEMENT

BENIN, JSC:-

The Plaintiffs/Respondents/Respondents, hereinafter called the Respondents, brought an action at the High Court against the 1^st and 2^nd Defendants/Appellants/Appellants, hereinafter called the 1^st and 2^nd Appellants respectively. In the course of proceedings the Co-defendant/Appellant/Appellant, hereinafter called the 3^rd Appellant was joined to the suit upon application.

The Respondents’ case was that in the year 1946 the disputed land which forms part of a larger piece of land described in the schedule annexed to the statement of claim was gifted to them by one Mrs. Naa Oyo Ofosu Quartey who had obtained same from Mrs. Freda Hansen Sackey, whose own deed of conveyance had been registered as 1060/40. It turned out that the said Mrs. Freda Hansen inherited the land through the husband’s estate. The said husband obtained it by purchase in 1926 from Ayibonte and Tetteh Quaye who were said to be the Gbese Manche and Korle Wulomo respectively. The said Gbese Manche and…