[2023]DLHC16952 • April 28, 2023 • High Court
DAVID ODAMTTEN ABBEY vs. SHANTY ANNAN
JUDGMENT At the Application for Directions stage the parties joined issues as follows: 1. Whether or not the land in dispute and the building thereon belonged to the Defendant’s grandfather P.J.G. Wilkinson; 2. Whether or not the Defendant was at all material times in possession of the land in dispute. 3. Whether or not Plaintiff has been in occupation of the land since 2015. 4. Whether or not the Plaintiff took the necessary steps to ascertain the true ownership of the land in dispute at the Lands Commission before attempting to enter unto the land; 5. Whether or not the Plaintiff is entitled to the reliefs claimed in his Statement of Claim. In support of his Claim the Plaintiff pleaded that he is also known as Nii Quao Donkor II, a Traditional Chief and an Auctioneer by profession. According to the Plaintiff he got to know the Defendant when she caused the arrest of his workers over the disputed land. It is the case of the Plaintiff that the land together with a dila.....