ERIC NANA BADU (PLAINTIFF) vs. KAMUZU AYENSU AND KODUA ERIC (DEFENDANTS) [2010]DLHC7442

Date	2010-09-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO. FTB 15/2002
Citation No.	[2010]DLHC7442

HIS LORDSHIP R. B. BATU J.

[2010]DLHC7442
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ERIC NANA BADU<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KAMUZU AYENSU AND KODUA ERIC<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, SEKONDI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. FTB 15/2002&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
27TH SEPTEMBER, 2010<o:p></o:p>

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</div>Jointly
against the Defendants, the Plaintiff claims:— <o:p></o:p>"i) A declaration of title
to all that piece and parcel of land situate at Asankragua and sharing boundary
with Asankragua-Enchi motor road the property of the late Mr. Fynn, motor road
to Asankragua market, late Madam Akroma’s property, Mr. Nyemafro, (the brother-in-law
of late Opanyin Tokyinie) the property of the late Kwaku Esono and Mr. Eyisi. <o:p></o:p>ii) Damages for trespass. <o:p></o:p>iii) Recovery of possession. <o:p></o:p>iv) Perpetual injunction
restraining the Defendants, their agents, servants, workers, privies and agents
from in any way interfering with the Plaintiff's enjoyment of the said
land". <o:p></o:p>The
Defendants deny the Plaintiff's claim. <o:p></o:p>The
issues that stood out as helping to resolve the dispute between the parties
are:— <o:p></o:p>1. Whether or not the
virgin forest of the land in dispute was broken by the Plaintiff’s grandmother,
Eno Benewa. <o:p></o:p>2. Whether or not Eno
Benewa gave the land in dispute to the Plaintiff’s mother who also subsequently
gave the land to the Plaintiff. <o:p></o:p>3. Whether or not the
Plaintiff has built on a portion in dispute<o:p></o:p>4. Whether or not the
Defendants have trespassed unto the land in dispute <o:p></o:p>5. Whether or not the
Plaintiff is entitled to his claim. <o:p></o:p>Plaintiff
described the boundaries of the land in dispute as:— <o:p></o:p>— Asankragua – Enchi motor road <o:p></o:p>— Asankragua market road <o:p></o:p>— Madam Akroma and Mr. Fynn of the left. <o:p></o:p>— Mr. Nyemafro and Mr. Ayisi on the right. <o:p></o:p>P.W.
1 Yaw Badu who describes the Plaintiff as his nephew gave a description
matching what the Plaintiff gave as boundaries to the land. P. W. 2, William
Kwesi Asamoah Tanor’s description also tallies with the Plaintiff’s
description. <o:p></o:p>Defendants gave the boundaries as:— <o:p></o:p>— Enchi-Bodi road <o:p></o:p>— Plaintiff’s land <o:p></o:p>— A gutter in between and then the disputed land which
has:— <o:p></o:p>— Madam Akroma to the left <o:p></o:p>— Opanin Nyemafro to the right and <o:p></o:p>