YAKUBU BRAIMAH AND JIBRIEL BRAIMAH vs. SHELL [GH] LTD. & 7 ORS [2007]DLCA6782

Date	2007-06-08
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/16/2007
Citation No.	[2007]DLCA6782

A.ASARE KORANG JA [PRESIDING]

S.E. KANYOKE JA

MARFUL-SAU JA

MRS. J.O. AMUI FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS.

MR. TANKO AMADU FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/

[2007]DLCA6782
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >YAKUBU
BRAIMAH AND JIBRIEL BRAIMAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SHELL [GH]
LTD. &amp; 7 ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
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APPEAL NO. H1/16/2007&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 8TH JUNE, 2007<o:p></o:p>

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DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS/ <o:p></o:p>

A.ASARE KORANG JA [PRESIDING], S.E.
KANYOKE JA, MARFUL-SAU JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>ASARE
KORANG, JA <o:p></o:p>Section
10(1) &amp; (2) of the Limitation Decree 1972 (NRCD 54) states: <o:p></o:p>"(1) A person shall not bring an
action to recover a land after the expiration of twelve years from which the
right of action accrued to the person bringing it or, if it first accrued to a
person through whom the first mentioned claims to that person. <o:p></o:p>(2) A right of action to recover land
does not accrue unless the land is in the possession of a person in whose
favour the period of limitation can run." <o:p></o:p>It
is also provided in Section 22 (1) &amp; (2) of the said Decree as follows: <o:p></o:p>"(1) Where, in an action for
which a period of limitation is fixed by this act <o:p></o:p>(a) the action is based on
the fraud of the defendant or the agent of the defendant or of a person through
whom the defendant or the agent claims, or <o:p></o:p>(b) the action is for
relief from the consequences of a mistake, the period of limitation shall not
begin to run until the plaintiff has discovered the fraud or mistake, or could
with reasonable diligence have discovered it. <o:p></o:p>(2) For the purposes of
this Act, concealed fraud by one of concurrent wrongdoers shall not suspend
time for another or others." <o:p></o:p>The
plaintiffs/appellants (plaintiffs for short) as administrators of the estate of
the late Chief Abdul Rahim Braimah, for themselves and on behalf of the
beneficiaries of the estate sued the Defendant/Respondents (to be called
Defendants hereinafter) for <o:p></o:p>"1. A Declaration of title that
all that piece or parcel of land described in the schedule hereto forms part of
Chief Abdul Rahim Braimah's estate. <o:p></o:p>2. recovery of possession of all that
land described in the schedule……. <o:p></o:p>3. An order for Account of rents paid
by the 1st Defendant in respect of their tenancy for Shell Accra New Town
(Mallam Atta) 1991 to date of judgment. <o:p></o:p>4. An order directed against the
Defendants jointly and severally to pay all monies received and or paid in
respect of the rents due and owing for Shell Accra New Town (Mallam Atta)
Petrol Station to the Plaintiffs. <o:p></o:p>5. An order against the 2nd and 3rd
Defendants that they being strangers to the property mentioned in paragraph 1
cannot instruct Shell Ghana to pay any monies (rent) due in respect of Shell
Accra New Town (Mallam Atta) Petrol Station to any other person and their so
doing is fraud on the Plaintiffs. <o:p></o:p>