KWAKU SARPONG vs. DANSO AND ALAYEA [2010]DLCA5121

Date	2010-06-24
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/97/2010
Citation No.	[2010]DLCA5121

AKAMBA J.A. (PRESIDING)

KUSI-APPIAH J.A.

V. OFOE J.A.

[2010]DLCA5121
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KWAKU SARPONG<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DANSO AND ALAYEA<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<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 NO. H1/97/2010 &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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 24TH
JUNE, 2010<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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AKAMBA
J.A. (PRESIDING), KUSI-APPIAH J.A., V. OFOE J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>KUSI-APPIAH,
J.A.:&nbsp; By his writ of summons in the Circuit Court,
Accra, the plaintiff/respondent (hereinafter called the Plaintiff) sued the
defendants/appellants (hereinafter simply called the Defendants) claiming the
following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration
of title to the land describe (sic) in&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; paragraphs
3 of his statement of claim.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration that the Defendants are
squatters.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order ejecting the Defendants
from the frontage of the Plaintiff’s land and the motorway. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Injunction restraining the
Defendants, agents, workmen, assigns howsoever from dealing with the land at
the frontage of the plaintiff’s land pending final determination of the suit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Costs.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The facts relied on by the parties
to establish their respective claims were not complicated.&nbsp; The plaintiff’s case per his statement of
claim was that by a Deed of Assignment dated 18th October, 2001
bearing L.V.B. No. 4297/04 and AR/21319/2001 between Herman Adjei Annang the
assignor and he (Kweku Sarpong) the assignee, the land the subject matter of
this suit was conveyed to him for valuable consideration.&nbsp; According to him, the said land lying and
being at Akweteman, Accra in the Greater Accra Region containing an approximate
area of 0.16 Acre more or less and bounded on the North by the Assignor’s land
measuring 60 feet more or less on the East by assignor land measuring 120 f</main>