EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, HO vs. ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND OTHERS [1993]DLHC739

Date	1993-04-28
Suit No.
Citation No.	[1993]DLHC739

ASARE KORANG J

E D KOM FOR THE PLAINTIFF

G K AVAH CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY FOR THE FIRST SECOND AND THIRD DEFENDANTS.

[1993]DLHC739
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color:#00B0F0">EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, HO<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:#00B0F0">ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND OTHERS<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[1993-94] 2 GLR 429<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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1993<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>E D KOM FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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G K AVAH, CHIEF STATE ATTORNEY, FOR THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD
DEFENDANTS. <o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGMENT OF ASARE KORANG J.<o:p></o:p>In this action the plaintiff says it holds a lease from the
Government of Ghana over a plot of land in the Cantonments Residential Area of
Accra, on which stands house No F269/5, Cantonments Road, Accra. The plaintiff
sublet the property to Technoserve Inc which in turn sublet part of the
premises to the fourth defendant herein.<o:p></o:p>On 4 October 1978, the plaintiff approved structural modification
to the premises to allow the fourth defendant to have proper restorage of his equipment.
Notwithstanding this limited permission, the fourth defendant began to make
substantial developments and structural modifications to the property for the
purpose of using the premises as a hospital. The plaintiff therefore sued the
fourth defendant in the High Court, Ho claiming:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;
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border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(i).&nbsp;&nbsp; “Recovery of possession of
house No F269/5 Cantonments Road, Accra. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;
text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo3;
border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(ii). An order setting aside the
sublease agreement between the plaintiff and the defendant covering the said
house. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
5.0pt;margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.25in;
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mso-border-shadow:yes">(iii).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order giving the defendant six months notice to quit the
premises.”<o:p></o:p>While the case was pending in the High Court, Ho, the second
defendant wrote a letter to the plaintiff dated 13 May 1988 that the plot of
land had been re-entered and possession resumed by the government for breach of
user covenant. Prior to this, the plaintiff had paid the ground rent up to 31
May 1989 to the second defendant.<o:p></o:p>Notwithstanding the fact that the plaintiff had obtained judgment
against the fourth defendant in both the High Court, Ho, and the Court of
Appeal, the plaintiff was later surprised to hear from the second defendant
that the premises had been allocated to the same fourth defendant whose change
of user resulted in the re-entry. It was also disclosed to the plaintiff that
the fourth defendant was in the process of registering his lease with the third
defendant pursuant to the Land Title Registration Law, 1986 (PNDCL 152). The
plaintiff therefore sued the defendants herein for a declaration:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto;
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border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:yes">(i).&nbsp;&nbsp; “that the re-entry to the
demised premises house No F269/5, Cantonments Road, Accra was wrongful and a
nullity; and <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
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