LARTEY vs. HAUSA [1961]DLHC5413

Date	1961-12-15
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1961]DLHC5413

OLLENNU J.

I. AMOO-LAMPTEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF

E. N. MOORE FOR THE DEFENDANT

[1961]DLHC5413
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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">LARTEY <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">vs. <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">HAUSA<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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color:#548DD4">&nbsp;[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">[1961] GLR 773&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE:<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0"> 15TH DECEMBER, 1961.<o:p></o:p>

</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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I.
AMOO-LAMPTEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p>

E.
N. MOORE FOR THE DEFENDANT.<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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OLLENNU J.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF
OLLENNU J.<o:p></o:p>In this case, the plaintiff based his claim to the land in dispute
upon grant made to him by Dr. C. E. Reindorf in his capacity as head and
representative of the family of his father, the late Rev. Christian Carl
Reindorf. According to the plaintiff the grant was made originally in 1945, but
a deed of conveyance exhibit A was executed for him by the grantor only on the
31st December, 1954. The cause of action is the entry by the defendant upon a
portion of the land and erecting some iron sheets structures thereon. The whole
of the land claimed by the plaintiff is delineated on the plan exhibit B made
on the order of the court, and is thereon edged red.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The area occupied by the defendant is also shown on the same plan
exhibit B and edged yellow; that area edged yellow is entirely enclosed within
the area claimed by the plaintiff, edged red.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The defendant admitted the acts complained of by the plaintiff;
but contended that he holds the area of land he has erected his temporary
structure upon, edged yellow on exhibit B, of the Nii We family of
Christiansborg either as a licensee or as a tenant. His case, therefore, is
that the land belongs to the Nii We family and not to the Reindorf family.
Therefore to succeed on his claim, the plaintiff must prove that the land in
dispute belonged to the Reindorf family.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Both the Osu Mantse, Nii Noi Dowuna IV, P.W.3, who gave evidence
for the plaintiff and Nii Yeboah Nortey, D.W.3, Dzasetse of the Ashanti Blohim
quarter of Osu, who gave evidence for the defendant, testified that the Osu
elders granted land to the late Rev. Christian Carl Reindorf; and each of them
identified exhibit C as a photostat copy of the deed of conveyance which the
Osu elders executed in his favour on the 9th October, 1891. Therefore the head
stool and the sub-stools of Osu acknowledge the title of the Reindorf family to
the land granted to the said Rev. Reindorf as shown and delineated on the plan
attached to exhibit C the deed of conveyance.<o:p></o:p>P.W.2, a surveyor draftsman of the Reindorf family, produced
exhibit D, an enlarged photostat copy of the plan attached to exhibit B, and
also exhibit E an enlarged tracing of the same plan. Those two plans exhibit D
and exhibit E each showed the land as having been laid out into building plots.
He, P.W.2, gave evidence that when the Reindorf family made the grant to the
plaintiff he demarcated the area on the ground for him, and at the same time
marked on each of exhibit D and exhibit E the plot so conveyed to the
plaintiff. He pointed out to the court the said plot on exhibit D as well as on
exhibit E. On each of those plans the area is marked “J. A. Lartey”. It is
therefore proved conclusively that the land in dispute in this suit is a
portion of the land conveyed to the Reindorf family by exhibit C.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Counsel for the defendant submitted that since the initials of the
“Lartey” shown on exhibits D and E as the owner of the plot of land now in
dispute, are “J.A.” and not “E.O.” the court should reject the evidence that
the land belongs to the plaintiff, and hold that the land belongs to a brother
of the plaintiff and not to the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>