ISRAEL TSORBLEWU (SUING PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY RICHARD TSORBLEWU) vs. NAI ODUPONG AWUSHIE TETTEH II [2010]DLCA7847

ISRAEL TSORBLEWU (SUING PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY RICHARD TSORBLEWU) vs. NAI ODUPO... [2010]DLCA7847

Date	2010-07-08
Suit No.	CRIMINAL APPEALNO. H1/95/07
Citation No.	[2010]DLCA7847

A. ASARE-KORANG J.A. (PRESIDING)

F. KUSI-APPIAH J.A.

E. K. AYEBI J.A.

[2010]DLCA7847
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ISRAEL TSORBLEWU<o:p></o:p>(SUING PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY RICHARD
TSORBLEWU)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NAI ODUPONG AWUSHIE TETTEH II<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">CRIMINAL APPEALNO. H1/95/07&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;DATE: 8TH
JULY, 2010<o:p></o:p>

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ASARE-KORANG J.A. (PRESIDING), F. KUSI-APPIAH J.A., E. K. AYEBI J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>AYEBI J.A.<o:p></o:p>This is an appeal from the judgment of the
Agona Swedru High Court dated 23rd May 2006.&nbsp; The appellant was the defendant before the
High Court whiles the respondent was the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>At the High Court, plaintiff’s case was as
follows: In 1977, plaintiff said he acquired the disputed land which lies on
the left side of the Accra-Winneba motor road from Nana Abura Awushie XIX,
Chief of Gomoa Fetteh.&nbsp; The interest
acquired was a lease for 99 years as evidenced in the indenture registered as
No. CCT 720/82.&nbsp; Since the acquisition,
plaintiff said he had been in quiet possession of the land.&nbsp; The plaintiff sued the defendant because he
had started selling portions of the land to some people who have started
developing same.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The reliefs the plaintiff sought against
the defendant are:<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
declaration of title to all that piece or parcel of land situate lying and
being at South-East Kasoa in the Central Region of the Republic of Ghana and
bounded on the North by lessor’s land measuring 934 feet more or less, on the
East by lessor’s land measuring 809ft more or less, on the South by lessor’s
land measuring 620 and 777ft respectively more or less and on the West by
lessor’s land measuring 495ft more or less and covering an approximate area of
30.90 acres.<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Perpetual
injunction restraining the defendant, his agents, servants, licences, lessees,
assigns etc. from having anything dealings with the said property.<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;
General
damages for trespass, and<o:p></o:p>(d)&nbsp; Recovery of possession.<o:p></o:p>On his part, it is the case of defendant that
the land in dispute forms part of his ancestral family land acquired by
settlement and possessed many, many years ago.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In 1990’s, defendant said the disputed land
was used as Awutu Settlement Farms.&nbsp;
Later the area was taken over by the Ghana National Reconstruction
Corps.&nbsp; But in 1982, the PNDC government
gave the area to the Ghana Prisons Service.&nbsp;
The Ghana Prisons Service defendant said, has been farming on the land
for about 20 years without any disturbance from anybody.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The defen</main>