[2013]DLCA8216 • October 17, 2013 • Court of Appeal
NENE DOKUTSO TEI KWABLA HEAD OF TEI KWABLA FAMILYSUING FOR HIMSELF AND ON BEHALF OF TEI KWABLA FAMILY OF OLD NINGO vs. LAND COMMISSION VOLTA (GH) INVESTMENT
The plaintiff, representing the Tei Kwabla family of Old Ningo, claimed ownership of approximately 33,000 acres of land at Bundase, alleging ancestral family ownership and adverse possession for over 30 years. The plaintiff challenged the government's vesting of the land in the President and subsequent allocation to the 2nd defendant without family consent, asserting that the land was family property and not stool land. The 2nd defendant contended it lawfully acquired the land through lease from the Lands Commission and had registered title. The 1st defendant did not participate.
read moreKUSI-APPIAH, JA:- By his writ of summons filed on the 13th of February 2009, the plaintiff brought this action for himself and on behalf of the Tei Kwabla family of Ningo jointly and severally against the defendants for;- 1. “Declaration of title to all that piece of land situate and lying at Bundase containing an approximate area of 33,000 acres bounded on the North East by Shai lands on the South East by Bundase lands on the South West by Dawhenya and on the North West by Prampram lands. 2. A declaration that the vesting of the piece or parcel of land known as Bundase lands in the 2nd defendant situate at Bundase aforesaid and described in the schedule to the 1968 Instrument aforesaid as null and void. 3. Recovery of possession in favour of the plaintiff. 4. An order upon the 2nd defendant to refund to the plaintiff all rent, revenue or any valuable consideration that have accrued to the 2nd defendant as a result of the Administration of the said land. 5. A declarati.....