[2010]DLHC16635 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF THE METHODIST CHURCH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">BETHEL ASSOCIATION EXPERIMENTAL & 3 ORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;tab-stops:168.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> </span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0.2pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. AL 109/2006 DATE: 14<sup>TH</sup> MAY 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal; tab-stops:69.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0.2pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">MR. KWEKU PAINTSIL WITH HIM REV. AMPIAH BONNEY FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">MR. IVAN QUANSAH FOR DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HIS LORDSHIP SAMUEL K. A. ASIEDU J. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0.2pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">The Plaintiffs in this matter caused the instant writ to issue against the defendants herein claiming against the defendants, jointly and severally the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">“(i) A declaration of title to two contiguous plots of land numbered 810 and 813. situate and being at Taifa a.k.a. North Dome a.k.a. South Kwabenya and more particularly described as follows:- <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> <b>Plot 810<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">(c) All that piece of land situate lying and being at North Dome (South Kwabenya) and bounded on the North East by proposed road measuring 150 feet more or less on the South East by Lessor’s land measuring 185 feet more or less on the South West by proposed road measuring 220 feet more or less and on the North West by land measuring 210 feet more or less and containing an approximate area of 0.815 acre or 0.330 hectare more or less.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">Plot 813<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> </span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">(d) All that piece of land situate lying and being at North Dome (South Kwabenya) in the Ga District in the Greater Accra Region of the Republic of Ghana containing an area of 0389 acre or 0.158 hectares bounded on the North East by Road measuring 85.0 feet more or less on the South East by land measuring 210.0 feet more or less on the South by a road measuring 85.0 feet more or less on the West by land measuring 105.0 feet more or less and on the North by land meas