ADU vs. ANKUMAH [1971]DLHC2187

Date	1971-07-05
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1971]DLHC2187

ABBAN J.

DR. E. V. C. DE GRAFT-JOHNSON FOR THE APPLICANT.

T. A. NELSON-COFIE FOR THE RESPONDENT.

[1971]DLHC2187
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ADU<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;vs. <o:p></o:p>ANKUMAH<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[1972] 1 GLR 22<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DATE:
5 JULY 1971.<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DR. E. V. C. DE GRAFT-JOHNSON FOR THE APPLICANT.<o:p></o:p>

T. A. NELSON-COFIE FOR THE RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

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

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>JUDGMENT OF ABBAN J.<o:p></o:p>The
defendant-applicant herein (hereinafter called the applicant) seeks an order to
set aside the judgment of Charles Crabbe J. (as he then was), delivered on 1
May 1968 in favour of the plaintiff-respondent (hereinafter called the
respondent). The respondent had sued the applicant for:<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) A
declaration of title to a piece of land described in the writ of summons.<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)
¢500.00 (i.e. N¢ 416.67) damages for trespass.<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) An
order for the recovery of the possession of the said 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">(d)
Perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, her agents, servants and
workmen from interfering with the said land.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In order
to have better appreciation of the arguments put forward by both counsel, it is
very necessary that I set out, briefly, the history of this case. The
respondent’s writ of summons, accompanied by a statement of claim, was served
on the applicant personally. The applicant entered appearance through her
solicitor, and the said solicitor, as usual, gave his address for service of
subsequent court processes. The solicitor later filed a statement of defence
for and on behalf of the applicant. It is to be noted that the respondent in
his statement of claim alleged that he obtained the grant of the disputed land from
one Alexander Wilson, and the said grant was evidenced in writing by a deed of
conveyance which was duly registered with the Lands Department. The respondent
further alleged that his vendor (Wilson) was granted that plot of land as a
gift by the Sempe stool, the original owners thereof, and that the said gift
was confirmed by a deed of gift registered as No. 280/1963. These allegations
were traversed by the applicant in the following manner:<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">“(1) The
defendant is not in a position to admit or deny paragraph (1)of the statement
of claim. The defendant will aver that the said land and all the surrounding
lands are James Town stool lands, and had been adjudged as such in the
following causes: <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(a) Manche D. P. Hammond v. Manche Kojo
Ababio IV and Anor., <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(b) Concession Enquiry No. 1120 Accra, <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
margin-left:1.0in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;border:none;
mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(c) Yaw Duade Crabbe &amp; Ors. v. J.
A. Quaye &amp; Ors. <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">(2) The
defendant will further aver in answer to paragraph (1) of the statement of
claim, that the Sempe stool is bound by all the judgments in the
above-mentioned causes and is estopped by the said judgments, and, that any
purported grant </main>