[2019]DLCA7772May 16, 2019Court of Appeal

GIFTY OFORIWA ADDO (1ST PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) NUNGUA STOOL (2ND PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. PATRICK NUTOR (DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)

HONYENUGA, JA On the 16th day of June 2017, the High Court, Land Division, Accra entered judgment for the plaintiffs upon their claims and dismissed the counterclaim of the defendant. Aggrieved with the decision of the High Court, the defendant/appellant filed an appeal to this Court based on the following grounds:- a. The judgment is against the weight of evidence. b. The Judge erred in law in failing to determine whether there was indeed a person called Gifty Oforiwa Addo before the Court as the 1st plaintiff. c. The Judge erred when she declared the Nungua Stool the owners of the land in dispute and as such the 1st plaintiff the owner of the land when the reliefs being sought by the 1st plaintiff was for a grant from the Ashong Mlitse Family and not the 2nd plaintiff, the Nungua Stool. d. The Judge erred when she concluded that 1st plaintiff’s land title certificate was issued on a lease executed between the 1st plaintiff and the 2nd plaintiff when by the evidence the land.....