DEESA PENROSE AND EBUSUAPANYIN KOFI DOODU vs. NII NUERTEY AKPO I [2010]DLHC4179

Date	2010-10-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO. L.324/2001
Citation No.	[2010]DLHC4179

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE P. BRIGHT MENSAH

BEN ANNAN FOR THE PLAINTIFF

KOFI FRIMPONG MANSO FOR W.A.N ADUMUA BOSSMAN FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2010]DLHC4179
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DEESA PENROSE AND
EBUSUAPANYIN KOFI DOODU<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NII NUERTEY AKPO I<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
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SUIT NO. L.324/2001&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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
OCTOBER, 2010<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>BEN
ANNAN FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KOFI
FRIMPONG MANSO FOR W.A.N ADUMUA BOSSMAN FOR THE DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HIS
LORDSHIP JUSTICE P. BRIGHT MENSAH<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
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</div>This
case was transferred to this court by the hand of the Chief Justice when it was
partly-heard before Abadah J.<o:p></o:p>Pursuant
to an order of the court granted on 19/11/2001, the Plaintiff claims against
the defendant as per his Amended Writ of Summons, the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration of title to all that piece or
parcel of land lying and situate at Adamorobe and described in the schedule to
the endorsement below (including Seduase lands).<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order declaring that the statutory
declaration made by the defendant claiming ownership of Seduase is null and
void.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order that any sale, grant or alienation
or purported sale, grant and alienation and or registration of Seduase lands by
the defendant is null and void and same be set aside and expunged from the
records of the Lands Commission or any other public office.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order of perpetual injunction restraining
the defendant, his servants, agents, assigns and other persons tracing interest
from the defendant, from interfering with the land in dispute.<o:p></o:p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery of possession<o:p></o:p>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages for trespass.<o:p></o:p>SCHEDULE<o:p></o:p>ALL
THAT PIECE AND PARCEL OF LAND being, lying and situate at Adamorobe, the
boundary whereof commencing of North Eastern Centre culvert of the
Aburi-Adamorobe Motor road and is 800 feet and at bearing of 73’ 30’ which
bearing together with all further bearings mentioned is referred to Meridian 1’
West Longtitude to a Peg marked “A” and thence on a bearing stated for 3060.00
feet to Peg 6 which marked the end of Ahwerease Asakyiri Property and thence on
a bearing for 2600 feet to Peg 14 which marks the end of Asona Family Property
and thence on bearing stated for 1020.00 feet Peg 16 which marks the beginning
of Obosumase Stool land and thence on bearing stated for 12,848.00 feet to Peg
32 which marks the end of the said Obosumase Stool lands and thence follows the
said Accra-Dodowa Motor road in the South direction to Oyibi for 10,600 feet to
Adamorobe-Oyiri Junction and thence follows the Dodowa-Adamorobe road in the
North Western direction for 800 feet to a pillar marked 33 and thence on a
bearing of 273’00 for 130.00 feet to Peg 34 and thence on bearing 299’30’ for
720.00 feet to Peg 35 and thence on a bearing 37’ 15’ for 700.0 feet to a
culvert on the said Adamorobe - Aburi Motor road and thence follows the
aforesaid Adamorobe - Aburi Motor road for 4250.0 feet to the point of
commencement thus enclosing an area of 9200.36 feet acres approximately more or
less.<o:p></o:p>I
need to put it on record that at the later stages of the trial it was reported
to the court that the original Plaintiff, Deesah Penrose was dead.&nbsp; In the result the court granted a
substitution order, substituting Abusuapanyin Kwesi Doudu for the
deceased.&nbsp; The substitution necessitated
amending the writ to reflect the change in the title of the case.&nbsp; Pursuant to that order of substitution made
on 20/05/10 the&nbsp;&nbsp; Amended Writ of Summons
was filed on 20/08/10.&nbsp; The reliefs as
endorsed on the amended writ, however, remained the same as the earlier writ
filed pursuant to the order of the court made on 19/11/2001.<o:p></o:p>The
thrust of the case of the Plaintiff is that the land, the description of which
is given supra, belongs to the Kwaakwa Asampong Asakyiri family of
Aburi-Adamorobe and that his predecessors granted the defendant’s predecessors
licence to occupy part.&nbsp; Not only that.&nbsp;&nbsp; They were also given farming rights to till
the land but on condition that they paid yearly tolls in the nature of fowls,
eggs, yams, natural water etc to the chief during the celebration of the
Plaintiff’s Osedu Shrine Festival.&nbsp; The
land was not for sale, according to the Plaintiff.&nbsp; However, the defendant’s people stopped
paying the tolls after practicing it for some time but started asserting that
they were the owners of the land.&nbsp; That
triggered off this instant action.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>It
is worth mentioning that the defendant denied substantially the claims of the
Plaintiff and averred in his Statement of Defence that his predecessors
purchased the land from the Plaintiff’s predecessors and that his land
comprises of aggregate of various purchasers which sale is buttressed by the
evidence of Nana Osae Amantem contained in the Jackson Commission Report.&nbsp; The defendant, however, did not counterclaim
against the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>ISSUES:<o:p></o:p>The
defence raised the following Issues (as contained in the Summons for Directions
filed on 22/08/2001) for determination by the court:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether or not Plaintiff is the lawful head
of the Kwaakwa Asiampong Asakyiri Family of Adamorobe.<o:p></o:p>