AMEGASHIE vs. OKINE

JUDGMENT OF LUTTERODT J. Under the Land Title Registration Laws 1985 (P.N.D.C.L. 152) the contestants to title in any piece of land are first obliged to refer their dispute to the Lands Registry for adjudication by the Land Title Adjudication Committee. Therefore, the plaintiff and the defendant who were involved in a dispute over a parcel of land situate and lying at Abelenkpe duly referred their case to the relevant body for adjudication. Each is said to have submitted her relevant documents. The plaintiff, who alleges she was declared the registered proprietress of the said land by the Chief Registrar of Lands and was duly issued with land certificate No. GAO 542 dated 7 August 1990 sued the defendant (1) to recover that piece of land; (2) for an order of interim injunction to restrain him from further trespassing onto the land; and (3) for damages for trespass. It is the plaintiff’s contention that she has been compelled to adopt this line of action because in spite of the fa.....