NANA BEDIAKO ATWERE: vs. OSEI OWUSU [2009]DLSC2635

Date	2009-04-18
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/36/2010
Citation No.	[2009]DLSC2635

ATUGUBA JSC. (PRESIDING)

ANSAH JSC.

OWUSU (MS.) JSC.

GBADEGBE JSC.

A. BAMFO (MRS.) JSC

AUGUSTUS ANANE-QUEBAH FOR THE RESPONDENT

A. A. SOMUAH ASAMOAH FOR THE APPELLANT

[2009]DLSC2635
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA BEDIAKO ATWERE:<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>OSEI OWUSU<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[SUPREME COURT, 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. J4/36/2010 &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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: 18TH MAY, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>AUGUSTUS ANANE-QUEBAH FOR
THE RESPONDENT,<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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A.
A. SOMUAH ASAMOAH FOR THE APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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ATUGUBA &nbsp;JSC.
(PRESIDING) ,ANSAH &nbsp;JSC. ,OWUSU (MS.) &nbsp;JSC. ,GBADEGBE JSC. , A. BAMFO (MRS.) JSC<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGEMENT&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

</div>OWUSU, &nbsp;JSC.<o:p></o:p>On 18/05/11, the court unanimously dismissed the
Appellant’s appeal.&nbsp; We now proceed to
assign reasons for the dismissal.<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court
of Appeal, Kumasi: Coram: Mariama Owusu (Presiding), F. G. Korbieh and Irene
Danquah JJA, delivered on 29th January, 2010.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff/Respondent herein had by a writ of
summons accompanied by a statement of claim issued in the High Court, Kumasi,
claimed against the Defendant/Appellant herein the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration
of title to all that 15 acre piece and parcel of building land compassing
situate and lying at Amanfrom near Kumasi and bounded by the properties of
Abondwoase Stool Land.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration
that the Defendant is liable to forfeit the land described in paragraph (a)
supra on grounds that the Defendant has breached the terms of the grant of the
land described in paragraph (a) supra to him.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Order
for Recovery of Possession of the said 15 acre-parcel of land.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(d)&nbsp;