AGBEMAKPOR vs. DATSOMOR

JUDGMENT OF ACQUAH J. This is an ex parte application for writ of possession to issue to enable the applicant, in whose favour this court allowed this appeal against the judgment of the District Court Grade II, Anloga, to obtain possession of the land which was the subject matter of the suit. Such an application involves a consideration of the scope of the jurisdiction of the High Court in granting writs of possession in execution of its judgments delivered in exercise of its appellate jurisdiction. But first, the background of this application. The applicant took out a writ of summons at the District Court Grade II, Anloga against Kwami Kusaga Datsomor, as defendant, claiming: (a). “The plaintiff’s claim against the defendant is for a declaration of title and ownership to all that piece or parcel of farmland known as ‘Tsotso Dzi Farmland’ at Gbakute/Anloga and bounded as follows: On the east by the property of Shimatsonu; on the west by the property of Gbewordi Goku; on the...