ASAFOATSE LAWER KORNOR DJABAKOR vs. TETTEHYUM AMARTEY AND OTHERS [2010]DLSC2557

Date	2010-06-09
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/1/2010
Citation No.	[2010]DLSC2557

BROBBEY JSC (PRESIDING)

DATE-BAH (DR) JSC

YEBOAH JSC

ARYEETEY JSC

AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS) JSC

PETER KWAME KORNOR FOR THE PLAINTIFF /RESPONDENT /APPELLANT.

COL. G. Y. TSAHEY (RTD) FOR THE DEFENDANTS /APPELLANTS /RESPONDENTS.

[2010]DLSC2557
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ASAFOATSE LAWER KORNOR
DJABAKOR<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>TETTEHYUM AMARTEY AND OTHERS&nbsp;&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, 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. J4/1/2010&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 9TH JUNE, 2010<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>PETER KWAME KORNOR FOR THE
PLAINTIFF /RESPONDENT /APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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COL.
G. Y. TSAHEY (RTD) FOR THE DEFENDANTS /APPELLANTS /RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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BROBBEY
JSC (PRESIDING), DATE-BAH (DR) JSC, YEBOAH JSC, ARYEETEY JSC,AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS)
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>ARYEETEY, JSC<o:p></o:p>In
this judgment we refer to the plaintiff/respondent/appellant as the plaintiff
and the defendants/appellants/respondents as the defendants. What the plaintiff
took to the High Court for determination was in respect of his family’s ancestral
land which his great-grand-father, Tei Djabakor, and his brother Tetteh
Akporsuer acquired by settlement. According to his pleading, his ancestors gave
a portion of their land to the defendants’ ancestor by name Numo Amartey in
1910 as a licensee. What brought about the dispute between the plaintiff’s
family and the defendants’ family, being descendants of Numo Amartey, is the
refusal by the defendants to recognize the plaintiff’s family as owners of the
land in respect of which they are licensees. Besides, the defendants by their
conduct assert their rights supposedly as owners of the land in dispute which
their ancestor Numo Amartey acquired by settlement.&nbsp; The plaintiff’s claim before the High Court
was therefore for the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration of title of the
Djabakor-Akporsuer-Kornor family of Tsangmer clan of Osudoku, to the triangular
piece or parcel of land at Old Kadjanya in the Osudoku Traditional area ... <o:p></o:p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that, by denying the title of the
plaintiff’s family to&nbsp; the Old Kadjanya
land, the defendants have forfeited the customary license granted to them.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order for recovery of possession of the land at
the Old Kadjanya described in (i) above. <o:p></o:p>(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order that the first defendant shall refund to
the plaintiff’s family the amount of ¢9,522,000.00 being compensation which he
collected from Irrigation Development Authority for wild palm trees, on the
land at Old Kadjanya. <o:p></o:p>(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General Damages for trespass from December 14th
2002, when the customary license was revoked by the plaintiff’s family to the
date of jud</main>