THE TRUSTEES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH vs. ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY [2011]DLCA4484

Date	2011-06-16
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. HI/178/08
Citation No.	[2011]DLCA4484

QUAYE JA – PRESIDING

MARFUL-SAU JA

AYEBI JA

K. FREMPONG-BOADU FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT.

[2011]DLCA4484
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE TRUSTEES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEMBLY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. HI/178/08&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;16TH JUNE, 2011<o:p></o:p>

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</div>MARFUL-SAU,
JA: - <o:p></o:p>This appeal is against the judgment of the High Court,
Accra dated the 18th of November, 2005. By the amended writ of
summons the plaintiff/appellant claimed against the defendants/respondents the
following:-<o:p></o:p>a)
A declaration of title to the land as described in the plaintiff’s Land Title Certificate.<o:p></o:p>b)Perpetual
injunction restraining the defendants, their assigns, servants and agents from
in any way interfering with the Plaintiff’s occupation and possession of the
said parcel of land.<o:p></o:p>c)
Damages for trespass.<o:p></o:p>d)
An order compelling the 1st defendant to issue building permits to
the plaintiff to build a church on the land.<o:p></o:p>e)
Costs.<o:p></o:p>f)
An order compelling the 1st defendant to remove the toilets and
underground toilet facility from the disputed land immediately.<o:p></o:p>At
the close of pleadings the parties settled the following issues for the trial.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether the grant of the
land to the Plaintiff by the Land Commission having regard to the 1st
Defendant’s possession of the land is lawful and proper.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether the 1st
Defendant has any legal title to the land.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether the permit to the
Plaintiff and the rezoning of the area from sanitary to place of worship by the
Town and Country Planning Department is lawful and proper.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether having already
approved and issued a permit to the Plaintiff, the 1st Defendant can
now negate its stand.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether the Plaintiff is
entitled to its claim.<o:p></o:p>The
parties then agreed that the above issues be determined by legal arguments and
that Counsel for plaintiff/appellant be permitted to</main>