[2019]DLHC8999October 31, 2019High Court

BETTY AYISI MANTE vs. ERIC GYIMAH AND DANIEL KWADWO DWUMAH

The facts of this case are that the Plaintiff, Betty Ayisi Mante, on 30th November 2017, caused her lawyer to issue a writ of summons against the Defendant, Eric Gyimah, for a declaration of title to the land in dispute, damages for trespass, perpetual injunction to restrain the Defendant and his assigns from developing the land in dispute and removal of all construction works and building materials from the land at the expense of the Defendant. In the accompanying statement of claim, the Plaintiff asserted, among others, that by a lease dated 25th November 2011, she acquired the land in dispute from the Odai Ntow family of Teshie. She claimed that she cleared the land and had corner pillars erected around its boundaries. She further applied for registration of title in the land in dispute and was issued a Land Certificate in 2016. The Plaintiff’s case is that about three (3) months prior to the institution of this action, she noticed that the 1st Defendant was constructing a.....