DAVID LARTEY KWAO AND TETTEH GHANA (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANTS) vs. NAI BAALEIFI (DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT) [2009]DLCA7761

DAVID LARTEY KWAO AND TETTEH GHANA (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANTS) vs. NAI BAALEIFI (DEFE... [2009]DLCA7761

Date	2009-04-30
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/47/07
Citation No.	[2009]DLCA7761

ASARE KORANG J.A. (PRESIDING)

AYEBI J.A.

ADUAMA OSEI J.A.

[2009]DLCA7761
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DAVID
LARTEY KWAO AND TETTEH GHANA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>NAI BAALEIFI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<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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CIVIL
APPEAL NO.:&nbsp; H1/47/07&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE:
30TH APRIL, 2009<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ASARE
KORANG J.A. (PRESIDING), AYEBI J.A., ADUAMA OSEI J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>AYEBI J.A.<o:p></o:p>The judgment appealed against in this civil appeal
was delivered by the Circuit Court, Accra on 20th March 2002 in
favour of the defendant/respondent.&nbsp; The
reliefs which the plaintiffs/appellants claimed at the trial are:<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
declaration that the piece of land described in the statement of claim was not adjudged
to belong to the defendant in suit No.103/91, Circuit Court, Accra.<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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declaration of title to the said piece of land in favour of the plaintiffs.<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General
damages for trespass.<o:p></o:p>(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, agents, servants,
assigns or persons claiming through her.<o:p></o:p>In paragraph 16 of the statement of claim, the land
is described as<o:p></o:p>“situate at La in the Greater Accra Region of the
Republic of Ghana and is bounded on the North by proposed road measuring 110’
more or less, on the South by grantor’s land measuring 70’ more or less, on the
East by grantor’s land measuring 20’ more or less and on the West by proposed
road measuring 70’ more or less and containing an approximate area of 0.11
acre”<o:p></o:p>It is right away seen that the claim of the
appellants in this suit is based on an earlier claim in respect of a piece of
land decided upon by another Circuit Court in the suit referred to.&nbsp; In that suit No. 103/91, the
plaintiff/appellants herein sued Madam Ntang Nelson, since deceased and now
substituted by the defendant/respondent herein for:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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declaration that the plaintiffs are the owners of the piece or parcel of land
described in the schedule annexed thereto.<o:p></o:p>