PAUL AND OTHERS vs. NARH [2003]DLCA1010

Date	2003-11-06
Suit No.
Citation No.	[2003]DLCA1010

TWUMASI JA

OMARI-SASU JA

ANINAKWA JJA

GARDINER FOR THE DEFENDANT-APPELLANTS.

TANKO AMADU FOR THE PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT.

[2003]DLCA1010
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OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>[2003-2005]
1 GLR 481<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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6 November 2003<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>GARDINER
FOR THE DEFENDANT-APPELLANTS.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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TANKO
AMADU FOR THE PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT. <o:p></o:p>

TWUMASI,
OMARI-SASU AND ANINAKWA JJA<o:p></o:p>

</div>JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>Omari-Sasu JA
delivered the first judgment at the invitation of Twumasi JA. On 28 July 1986
the plaintiff-respondent (herein after referred to as the respondent) sued the
defendant-appellants (hereinafter referred to as the appellants) at the
District Court Grade II, Dodowa and claimed against them:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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declaration of title in respect of land at a place known and called ‘Takper’; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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damages for trespass; and <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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perpetual injunction.”<o:p></o:p>The
court received evidence from the respondent and her three witnesses and the appellants
were given the chance to examine them but only the respondent was examined.<o:p></o:p>In
the course of the hearing, the court deemed it necessary to appoint a surveyor
to survey the land in dispute. This move was approved by the parties who were
directed to file their instructions to the surveyor. In time, it became
necessary for the parties to go to the land in dispute with the surveyor and
physically assist him to make a survey. Only the respondent went to the land in
dispute and assisted the surveyor who thereafter made a survey plan which he
tendered in evidence in court. At the end of the trial, the court entered
judgment in favour of the respondent. Aggrieved by this judgment, the
appellants appealed to the High Court, Accra and on 14 August 1990 the High
Court per Ammah J affirmed the decision of the trial district court and
dismissed the appeal.<o:p></o:p>It
is against the High Court’s decision that the present appeal has been lodged.
The grounds of appeal are as follows:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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That the learned trial judge erred in law by holding that the said Mr E T
Adjabeng as a surveyor draughtsman not yet licensed, a civil servant, could be
regarded as an official surveyor and therefore competent in law to survey the
disputed land. . . <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt;
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