[2019]DLHC8815 • April 15, 2019 • High Court
JAFRO MENSAH LARKAI vs. NORA OTOO, EMMANUEL OTOO, FELIX NORTEY OTOO AND SG-SSB LIMITED
The plaintiff, head of the Onamrokor Adain family, claimed ownership of lands known as Dome lands in Accra, asserting that the defendants trespassed and constructed on these lands without consent. The defendants, particularly the 3rd and 4th, contended that the 4th defendant acquired the land via a 50-year lease from the 3rd defendant, who inherited the land from his great-grandmother Adoley Afia, who was granted the land in 1925. The plaintiff's family was said to have divested interest in the land in the 1920s. The dispute centered on rightful ownership and possession of the land.
read morePlaintiff’s case The plaintiff describes himself as the head of the Onamrokor Adain family of the Gbese Quarter of Accra whose family are the allodial owners of lands in Accra generally referred to as Dome lands which include Tesano, Apenkwa, Achimota, Alogboshie, Tantra Hill, Taifa, Dome, Kwabenya amongst others. The plaintiff asserts that his family’s ownership of Dome lands has been upheld in several court cases. The plaintiff further asserts that the defendants have entered his family lands and commenced the construction of a structure on the land without their consent and authority and as such the defendants are squatters. The plaintiff is therefore seeking the court’s intervention to evict the defendants from the land by seeking the following reliefs against them: i. A declaration that the Onamrokor Adain family is the owner of the land described in the schedule attached to the statement of claim. ii. An injunction restraining the defendants, their agents, servant...