NANA AKYE KWASI III (DEFENDANT/APPELLANT) vs. WILLIAM ADEGBEY AND ESTHER CUDJOE (PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS) [2009]DLCA7792

NANA AKYE KWASI III (DEFENDANT/APPELLANT) vs. WILLIAM ADEGBEY AND ESTHER CUDJOE... [2009]DLCA7792

Date	2009-07-23
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL: H1/165/08
Citation No.	[2009]DLCA7792

E. K. PIESARE J.A. (PRESIDING)

C. J. HONYENUGA J.A.

K. N. ADUAMA-OSEI J.A.

MR. KEDDEY BODZA-LUMOR FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

MR. K. FREMPONG-BOADU FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS

[2009]DLCA7792
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA AKYE KWASI III<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>WILLIAM ADEGBEY AND ESTHER CUDJOE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<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:&nbsp; H1/165/08&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; &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:
23RD JULY, 2009<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
KEDDEY, BODZA-LUMOR FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
K. FREMPONG-BOADU FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS<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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E.
K. PIESARE J.A. (PRESIDING), C. J. HONYENUGA J.A., K. N. ADUAMA-OSEI J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>HONYENUGA J.A.<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit
Court, Tarkwa dated the 26th day of October 2007.<o:p></o:p>The second Plaintiff/Respondent’s ancestor Bekoe
Adade broke the virgin forest and later gifted the land to the second
Plaintiff/Respondent about 35 years ago.&nbsp;
The Plaintiffs/Respondents exercised overt acts of ownership over the
land in dispute by planting food crops and timber trees.&nbsp; The defendant claiming that the land belongs
to the Ayiem Stool sent some persons on the land and destroyed the said trees
of the plaintiffs/respondents and in their place, planted oil palm trees.&nbsp; The matter was reported to the Police and
later the matter went to the Nsuaem Chief but when the defendant/appellant was
invited, he refused to attend.&nbsp; Aggrieved
by the behavior of the defendant/appellant, the plaintiffs/respondents caused a
Writ of Summons to be issued against him claiming the following reliefs:-<o:p></o:p>“a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration of title to that pieces or parcels of land lying
and situate at a place near BOWOBRAYIE on Nsuaem Stool Lands and bounded by
Albert Baido’s Farm, Opanyin Asaah Kwesi’s farm, Papa Yisa’s farm and Comfort
Gyamera’s farm (formerly Kwesi Yenam’s farm).<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery
of possession of the said farm land.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damage
for trespass.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General
Damages<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perpetual
injunction restraining the Defendant, his servants, agents, assigns, relatives,
representatives, privies etc. from interfering with or having anything to do
with the said farm land, and<o:p></o:p>f.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order to be directed at the Defendant to account to the
plaintiff for the proceeds of sale of the plaintiff’s farm products which the
Defendant unlawfully took possession from the plaintiff”.<o:p></o:p>The Writ of Summons was accompanied by a Statement
of Claim which was later amended.&nbsp; In
their Amended Statement of Claim, the plaintiffs/respondents insisted that the
land in dispute is under the Divisional Chief of Nsuaem and attached the map of
the Stool Land as Exhibit “A”.&nbsp; They also
averred that the defendant/appellant is the proposed Odikro of Ayiem and that
he serves under the Divisional Chief of Nsuaem and therefore has no land of his
own.<o:p></o:p>On the other hand, the defendant/appellant denied
the claim of the plaintiffs/respondents and averred that he is the substantive
Odikro of Ayiem.&nbsp; He further averred that
the land in dispute is at Bowobrayie and forms part of the Ayiem Stool Lands
but did not form part of the Divisional Chief’s Stool Land.&nbsp; The defendant/appellant contended that the
action is frivolous, vexatious and an abuse of process of the Court because
Suit No. CI/22/06 entitled Mary Baah and 7 others vrs Nana Akye Kwasi III was
pending at the Circuit Court, Tarkwa for the same reliefs.&nbsp; The defendant/appellant also challenged the
capacity of the plaintiffs/respondents.<o:p></o:p>