ESSIEM  J.A. This is an appeal from the decision of the High Court, Koforidua constituted by Williams J. The said court on 15 October 1987 “struck off ” the plaintiff-appellant’s action upon a preliminary objection raised by the defendant-respondent before that court.

 

Before I deal with the grounds of appeal, I propose to give the facts of the case and the circumstances leading to the instant appeal. The dispute relates to the office of the krontihene of Akim Kotoku. The action herein was commenced by an originating summons by which the plaintiff sought the following relief from the High Court: