GIFTY ELEANOR AYIKAI TAGOE vs. NANA ADU FRIMPONG

JUDGMENT ASIEDU, JSC: [1]. Introduction: My Lords, this appeal is against the judgment of the Court of Appeal delivered on the 31st July 2019. In the said judgment, the Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment of the trial High Court, Accra which was also delivered on the 14th day of March 2014. In this judgment, the parties will retain their original designation before the High Court. [2]. Facts: In 1997, the Plaintiff, by a customary grant, acquired a piece of land from the Sempe Mensah Family of Ablekuma, Accra. A Deed of Lease was executed in favour of the Plaintiff. The said Lease was subsequently stamped with number LVB 5915/2001 and registered as number AR/2404/2000. The Plaintiff went into possession of the land by erecting boundary pillars and constructing a fence wall around the land. Subsequently, the Plaintiff had information that the Defendant had entered the land in question and was constructing a foundation for a building on the land. After the Defendant had refused ...