MAGARET TAWIAH COLLISON AND E.A. KOTEY vs. OKAIJA QUARSHIE [2006]DLCA6226

Date	2006-04-12
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. 26/2000
Citation No.	[2006]DLCA6226

ARYEETEY J.A. (PRESIDING)

KUSI-APPIAH J.A.

ASAMOAH J.A.

PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT – MR. D. OWUSU-SEKYERE

DEFENDANT/APPELLANT – MR. S.K. KABUTEY

[2006]DLCA6226
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MAGARET
TAWIAH COLLISON AND E.A. KOTEY<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>OKAIJA
QUARSHIE <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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APPEAL NO. 26/2000 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 12TH
APRIL 2006<o:p></o:p>

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S.K. KABUTEY <o:p></o:p>

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KUSI-APPIAH J.A., ASAMOAH J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>ARYEETEY,
J.A <o:p></o:p>At
the Circuit Court Accra, the plaintiffs' claim against the defendant is for the
following reliefs: <o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration that the defendant's
interference with the first plaintiff's legitimate enjoyment of his land and
property is unlawful. <o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
¢4.5 million damages <o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Order for Accounts of all rents and other
payments collected or received since 1990. <o:p></o:p>d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Injunction restraining defendant, his
successors, agents, assigns and workmen from interfering in any way with first
plaintiff's beneficial enjoyment of the said land and property. <o:p></o:p>e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Order for removal of all unauthorised
structures on plaintiff's land. <o:p></o:p>From
their pleading as well as the oral evidence adduced in support of their case,
the background of their claim against the defendant is as follows: The original
first plaintiff, the late Victor Collison was the husband of Margaret Tawiah
Collison who, upon ex parte application, was substituted for her late husband.
Victor Collison was the son of Edward Collison a brother of the defendant's
mother, Christiana Fofo Collison. In 1969 or there about the Nikoi Olai Stool
family granted Edward Collison a parcel of land made up of two plots. Round
about the same time Nikoi Olai family made another grant of two plots of land
to his sis</main>