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The genesis of this appeal is an action of ejectment instituted by the appellant herein, the Intestate Estate of Benjamin Franklin, against the co-appellee, CICO Company and the Residents and Occupants of Garyea Clan, Suakoko District, Bong County, the 2nd defendants in the trial court.
The appellant’s seven (7) count complaint alleged inter alia that it is the bona fide owner of a parcel of land containing100 acres, situated in the territorial boundary of Garyea Clan, Suakoko District, Bong County, which was acquired through lawful purchase from the Republic of Liberia on the 16th day of October, 1948 by the

The instant action of ejectment is before us on appeal from a ruling rendered by the assigned trial judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Civil Law Court, Montserrado County, His Honor Ousman F. Feika, during its December Term of Court A.D. 2022, where the contesting parties for a parcel of land traced their respective title instruments to the same grantor, the Intestate Estate of John Mack Bettie.
The pertinent facts as culled from the records show that on May 9, 2019, the appellant Modern Development and Management Corporation (MDMC), plaintiff in the court below, filed a twelve-count action of ejectment