ISAAC OSEI SAFO vs. SAMUEL KWAME SACKEY [2010]DLCA5063

Date	2010-11-11
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/134/2010
Citation No.	[2010]DLCA5063

AKAMBA J.A. (PRESIDING)

KUSI-APPIAH J.A.

KORBIEH J.A.

[2010]DLCA5063
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ISAAC OSEI SAFO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SAMUEL KWAME SACKEY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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 SUIT NO:
H1/134/2010&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;DATE: 11TH
NOVEMBER, 2010<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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AKAMBA
J.A. (PRESIDING), KUSI-APPIAH J.A., KORBIEH J.A. <o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>KUSI-APPIAH,
J.A. :<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal against the judgment of the High
Court (Fast Track), Accra dated 19 May, 2008.&nbsp;
The facts giving rise to this action are very simple.&nbsp; The Plaintiff sued the Defendant for
aggravated damages for demolishing his almost completed house at Amrahia near
Accra and also for an order of perpetual injunction.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Evidence on record indicates that Plaintiff who
lives and works in Germany mandated his father Opanin Kwadwo Safo to look for a
piece of land for the purposes of putting up a dwelling house.&nbsp; In pursuance to this request, the father got
this land from Nii Amoafio II, Head of the Nii Arma Okromansa family of Amrahia
with the consent and concurrence of the principal members of the said family
somewhere in 2001 for the Plaintiff.&nbsp;
This piece of evidence is supported by an indenture dated 2nd
February, 2001 and tendered as Exhibit “G”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According to the Plaintiff construction of the
building commenced from December 2001 and was roofed in 2005.&nbsp; The Plaintiff averred by his pleadings that
until 15th April 2005, he was constructing a dwelling house
consisting of seven bedrooms at Amrahia under the supervision of his father
Oheneba Kwadwo Safo when the Defendant caused a group of people to pull down
the whole building, hence this action.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Defendant resisted the claim of the Plaintiff
and went further to claim ownership of the disputed land by virtue of a grant
to him by NII ASHONG KOJO II and a judgment he obtained in suit no:&nbsp; L
75/2002 titled SAMUEL KWAME SACKEY VRS. MR. AKUETTEH and 4 others.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>By paragraphs 6 and 7 of the Statement of Defence,
the Defendant further averred that “having obtained judgment notice thereof was
served on all the grantees, agents and assigns of the Defendant therein which
include the Plaintiff herein”.&nbsp; It was
further averred that pursuant to leave for writ of possession to issue and a
subsequent demolishing order made by the High Court (Fast Track) Accra, the
Defendant herein was lawfully put in possession by the Deputy Sheriff of the
High Court. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Evidence was led by the parties and their
witnesses at the end of which judgment was given in favour of the
Plaintiff.&nbsp; It is against this judgment
that the Defendant has appealed on the following grounds:<o:p></o:p>