KISSEH & ORS. vs. ADABLA & ORS. [1961]DLHC5404

Date	1961-06-29
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1961]DLHC5404

PREMPEH J.

G. KORANTENG-ADDOW FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

F. T. C. AMORIN FOR THE DEFENDANTS

[1961]DLHC5404
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#548DD4">KISSEH &amp; ORS. <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#548DD4">ADABLA &amp; ORS.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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G.
KORANTENG-ADDOW FOR THE PLAINTIFFS.<o:p></o:p>

F.
T. C. AMORIN FOR THE DEFENDANTS.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt;
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PREMPEH, J.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF
PREMPEH J.<o:p></o:p>This suit was instituted in the Tongu Local Court B and was by
order dated the 20th April, 1956 transferred to the Land Court, Accra, and
subsequently transferred to this court.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiffs sued as the duly appointed and recognised heads of
the Djavier tribe of Tefle. [His lordship then read the judgment of Coussey, J.
set out in the headnote supra and continued:] The plaintiffs claim an order for
partition of the land so that the plaintiffs may have as their exclusive
property the area on which they have been firmly established and the defendants
to have that area on which they have been firmly established as found by the
court.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It is to be noted that the parties to this suit are the same as in
the second of the consolidated suits in exhibit D tendered herein, to which I
shall later refer. In their statement of claim, the plaintiffs reproduced the
extract of the judgment of Coussey, J. of 1950 contained in the writ of
summons, [reproduced in the headnote supra] and they averred that in spite of
that judgment the effect of which settled the plaintiffs firmly on their
Tamlago portion of the land, and the defendants on the eastern portion thereof,
the defendants had been constantly disturbing the plaintiffs in their
occupation and use of their said Tamlago land, and gave instances of such
interferences in paragraph 4 thereof.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The plaintiffs averred further that the conduct of the defendants
and their people have made it impossible for the two tribes to live peacefully
and harmoniously as joint owners, and that was the reason for the action for an
order for partitioning the land, and for perpetual injunction.<o:p></o:p>By their statement of defence, the defendants admitted as correct
the capacity in which the plaintiffs brought this action, and also the extract
of the judgment of the Land Court, Accra, reproduced in the writ of summons and
repeated in the statement of claim, but they denied having by themselves or
their agents or servants or people, interfered with the plaintiffs in the
enjoyment of their Tamlago land. The defendants denied that they were guilty of
any conduct which entitled the plaintiffs to a partition of the land and they
pleaded further that the plaintiffs’ claim was untenable according to native
custom.<o:p></o:p>Upon these pleadings, three main issues are raised for
determination.<o:p></o:p>They are:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(a) Whether the
defendants have been constantly disturbing the plaintiffs in their lawful and
quiet enjoyment of the Tamlago land;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(b) Whether or
not the plaintiffs’ claim is maintainable according to native custom;<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:
31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(c) Whether or
not the plaintiffs are entitled to an order for partition of the</main>