FENUKU AND ANOTHER vs JOHN-TEYE AND ANOTHER [2002]DLSC16159

Date	2002-07-24
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO 9/99
Citation No.	[2002]DLSC16159

AMPIAH

KPEGAH

ADJABENG

ACQUAH

ATUGUBA JJSC

N K KUDJAWU

JO ADU-AMANKWAH

[2002]DLSC16159
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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#00B0F0">FENUKU AND ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#00B0F0">JOHN-TEYE AND ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[2001-2002] SCGLR<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;&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; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

CIVIL APPEAL NO 9/99&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: 24TH
JULY 2002<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

</div>CORAM&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">AMPIAH, KPEGAH, ADJABENG, ACQUAH AND ATUGUBA JJSC<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>AMPIAH JSC. <o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal. In their writ of summons
before the High Court, the/ plaintiffs claimed against the defendants:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;"(i)
a declaration of title to all that piece of parcel of land situate lying and
being at Kplagon Ofankor along the Accra-Nsawam Road covering approximately an
area of 14.28 acres and more particularly described in the statement of claim;
and<o:p></o:p>(ii)
an order for cancellation, revocation and nullification of the deed of
conveyance made between Rudolf Agbesi Fenuku of the one part and Lawrence John
Teye of the other part dated I0 April 1974 and registered at the Deeds Registry
as No 1888/ 1974."<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The
High Court gave judgment for the plaintiffs but the Court of Appeal, on appeal
by the defendants, set aside the decision and dismissed the plaintiffs' claim.
The plaintiffs have appealed against the decision of the Court of Appeal to
this court.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The
facts of the case are that in 1954 one Rudolf Agbesi Fenuku (now deceased) and
his wife, Mrs Mercy Fenuku (also deceased) acquired a large tract of land
measuring approximately 17.83 acres at Kplagon Ofankor on the Accra-Nsawam Road
in their joint names from the Odompoiawe of Asere Quarters, Accra. The
transaction was evidenced in writing which was tendered in evidence in these
proceedings as exhibit B; it is dated 27 May 1954. Mrs Mercy Fenuku died in
1958. After her death, Mr Rudolf Fenuku married one Miss Victoria Teye who
became Mrs Victoria Fenuku; that was in 1969. Mrs Victoria Fenuku was the
sister of Lawrence John Teye, proprietor of the Reverend John Teye Memorial
Institute. Lawrence John Teye in the same year of his sister's marriage to
Rudolf Agbesi Fenuku, moved the institute to the land of the Fenukus. In 1974,
Mr Fenuku sold the land to Lawrence John Teye, reserving a portion of the land
to his son Rudolf David Fenuku as a gift. The sale transaction was evidenced in
writing and was tendered in evidence as exhibit F; it was dated 10 A</main>