"Where a plaintiff by his pleading and evidence relies on traditional history for his root of title to land, he fails or succeeds on that history. If the history fails,...
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"The law is well settled that there exist five recognized methods by which ownership of land may be established. These, briefly, comprise as follows: (i) Proof by traditional history or...
"Where there are two competing histories relating to land in dispute `and it is difficult to determine which is more probable, resort to the demeanour of the parties and their...
"Clearly, as the Act recognises pre-incorporation ownership of land, Exhibit H does not conceivably violate same. A close examination of Exhibit H clearly establishes that the gift vested in the...
"Production of documents of title, is of course, one of the four ways of proving title to land."