MENSAH-MONCAR vs. CHAINARTEY [1972]DLHC2237

Date	1972-07-25
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1972]DLHC2237

ABBAN J.

MISS A. AYISI FOR THE PLAINTIFF.

DR. E. AKO-ADJEI FOR THE DEFENDANT.

E. N. ADJEI STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE CO-DEFENDANT AND THE THIRD PARTY.

[1972]DLHC2237
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MENSAH-MONCAR <o:p></o:p>vs. <o:p></o:p>CHAINARTEY <o:p></o:p>[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] 2 GLR 293<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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DATE:
25 JULY 1972.<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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MISS A. AYISI FOR THE PLAINTIFF.<o:p></o:p>

DR. E. AKO-ADJEI FOR THE DEFENDANT.<o:p></o:p>

E. N. ADJEI, STATE ATTORNEY, FOR THE CO-DEFENDANT
AND THE THIRD PARTY.<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>In this
application it has been contended that, on the pleadings, the court should hold
that in law the plaintiff’s action is not maintainable, and the same should be
dismissed by virtue of Order 25, rr. 2 and 3 of the Supreme [High] Court (Civil
Procedure) Rules, 1954 (L.N. 140A). The said rules provide that:<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. Any
party shall be entitled to raise by his pleading any point of law, and any
points so raised shall be disposed of by the Judge who tries the cause at or
after the trial, provided that by consent of the parties, or by order of the
Court or a Judge on the application of either party, the same may be set down
for hearing and disposed of at any time before the trial. 3. If, in the opinion
of the Court or a Judge, the decision of such point of law substantially
disposes of the whole action, or of any distinct cause of action, ground of
defence, set-off, counterclaim, or reply therein, the Court or Judge may
thereupon dismiss the action or make such other order therein as may be just.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
plaintiff sued the defendant for a declaration of title to a piece of land
fully described in the writ of summons. He also claimed damages for trespass
and an order for perpetual injunction. In his statement of claim paragraphs (3)
to (6) the plaintiff alleged as follows:<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">“By an
indenture dated 29 March 1951 and registered in the Deeds Registry as No.
1290/1953 and made between Christopher Adjah Kwaku therein described as the
vendor and the plaintiff herein described as the purchaser of the land
described on the writ was conveyed to the plaintiff. <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">(4) The
plaintiff says he entered into possession of the land in dispute and fixed
corner pillars on 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">(5) The
plaintiff says he has been in uninterrupted and undisturbed possession of the
land until November, 1970 when the defendant trespassed on the land and
commenced building operations on the 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">(6) The
plaintiff says the defendant has ignored all warnings given him and persists in
his acts of trespass on plaintiff’s land. Wherefore the plaintiff claims as per
the writ of summons.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
defendant disputed the plaintiff’s claim to the land in question, and averred
that the indenture being relied upon by the plaintiff could not confer title to
the land on the plaintiff. The defendant further contended that he had been in
undisturbed possession of the land since 17 August 1968, and it was the
Government of the Republic of Ghana that granted the land to him. Paragraphs
(8) and (9) of his statement of defence contain the following averments:<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">“(8) The
defendant says that the defendant acquir</main>