SAM QUARSHIE vs. EDDIE KUSI ANKOMAH

JUDGMENT PWAMANG JSC:- My Lords, this appeal emanates from a land suit the plaintiff/respondent/respondent (the plaintiff) filed in the High Court, Accra and claimed for declaration of title, damages and injunction in respect of a piece of land at Shiashie, Accra that the defendant/appellant/appellant (the defendant) was in the process of developing. By his statement of claim, the plaintiff averred that he acquired the land by a lease dated 1st September, 1999 from the Appantse We Family of Shiashe, got it registered at the Land Title Registry and he was issued with a Land Certificate dated 23rd March, 2002. On acquisition he placed some persons on the land and they sold pavement and other blocks on it. He averred that he was in peaceful possession until sometime in June, 2017 when the defendant forcibly entered the land and started to develop it. He reported a case against the defendant to the police but they could not resolve his complaint hence the suit in court. The defendan...