[2024]DLHC18027 • February 2, 2024 • High Court
SETH DOMINIC AGLAGOH vs. THOMAS ABOGYE DOMPIM.
JUDGMENT Per his Amended Writ of Summons the Plaintiff claimed to have acquired the disputed land from Nii Ayaa Odonkor on the 18th day of November 2002. Before the acquisition he conducted a search at the Lands Registry which confirmed his grantors title to the said land. After acquisition he entered into possession and laid some footings on the land. A cadastral plan was prepared and duly published in the Spectator Newspaper without any objection and which thus served as notice to the whole world. According to the Plaintiff he travelled outside the country for a brief period but before leaving he put a signpost on the land with the inscription “this land is not for sale”. Upon his return however he noticed that the Defendant has hurriedly put up a structure on the land and had demolished parts of his footings on the land. It is his case that the Defendant has no title to the land and has therefore prayed this court for the following reliefs; “i. A declaration of title to...