SABINA ANDAM & ANOR. vs. DANIEL LIGHT AMOAH & ANOR. [2008]DLCA6945

Date	2008-03-13
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: HI/192/07
Citation No.	[2008]DLCA6945

R.C. OWUSU J. A. [PRESIDING]

MARFUL-SAU J. A.

YAW APPAU J. A.

MR. FRED AWUAH FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT/APPELLANT.

MR. F.A. ACQUAYE FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS

[2008]DLCA6945
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SABINA ANDAM &amp; ANOR.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DANIEL LIGHT AMOAH &amp; ANOR.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>SUIT
NO.: HI/192/07 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 13TH MARCH, 2008<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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FRED AWUAH FOR THE 1ST DEFENDANT/APPELLANT. <o:p></o:p>

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F.A. ACQUAYE FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>R.C.
OWUSU J. A. [PRESIDING], MARFUL-SAU J. A., YAW APPAU J. A. <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>MARFUL-SAU
J.A. :<o:p></o:p>This
appeal is against the judgment of the Accra Circuit Court dated the 19th July
2005. The Plaintiffs/Respondents issued a writ of summons against the
Defendants/Appellants for the following reliefs.<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery of possession of the piece of
parcel of land with building thereon situate at Kwashieman, Accra comprised in
the lease dated 15th day of June 1990 between the Ahiaku family and the 2nd
Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;Declaration of title to the land described in
(i) above. <o:p></o:p>iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;Perpetual injunction against the 1st and 2nd
Defendants.<o:p></o:p>iv.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;Cost. <o:p></o:p>The
brief facts of the case are that the 1st and 2nd Defendants were tenants in a
four-room building at Kwashieman, Accra. The Owners of the land and the
four-room building decided to sell the property. The Defendants together with
their father approached the 1st Plaintiff, who happened to be the wife of
Defendants father and persuaded her to purchase the property. This was to
prevent the ejection of the Defendants if a stranger bought the house. The 1st
Plaintiff agreed to purchase the property and consequently came to Accra
together with the Defendants and paid for the property from the Kwashieman
Mantse, who represented the Ahiaku family. A lease was prepared in the name of
the 2nd Plaintiff who was the daughter of 1st Plaintiff. This lease was dated
15th June 1990 and upon its execution the Defendants assisted the 1st Plaintiff
to register same at the Land Titled Registry and a yellow card was issued to
the 1st Plaintiff. <o:p></o:p>According
to the 1st Plaintiff, after a time the 1st Defendant came to her in the village
with ¢800,000 as a refund to reclaim the house. Attempts were made to settle
the dispute arising out of the conduct of 1st Defendant but the Plaintiff had
to issue the writ because the 1st Defendant maintained his position that the
land was his. The case put up by the1st Defendant was that the lease granted to
the 2nd Plaintiff by the Kwashieman Mantse was void, since in 1985 the same
parcel of land had been leased to him and the 2nd Defendant by the Kwashieman
Mantse. Again the 1st Defendant averred that the land, the subject matter of
this dispute, had been acquired under an Executive Instrument dated 27th April
1975 and for that matter the Ahiaku Family had no capacity to grant the lease
to the 2nd Plaintiff. The 1st Defendant therefore counterclaimed for a
declaration of title to the land in dispute and perpetual injunction against
the Plaintiffs. The 2nd Defendant is the brother of the 1st Defendant. In his
statement of defence and evidence, the 2nd Defendant, admitted Plaintiffs
claim. The contest clearly was therefore between the Plaintiffs and the 1st
Defendant. <o:p></o:p>