EDWARD DOKU NETTEY (PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDENT) vs. LARTEY (DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS) [2011]DLCA7887

Date	2011-05-26
Suit No.	SUIT N0: H1/ 158 /10
Citation No.	[2011]DLCA7887

APALOO J.A. (PRESIDING)

OFOE J.A

DODZIE J.A

MR. ORACCA TETTEH FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

MR. K.A. AWADZIE FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2011]DLCA7887
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EDWARD DOKU
NETTEY<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>LARTEY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF
APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
N0: H1/ 158 /10&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 26TH MAY, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
ORACCA TETTEH FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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APALOO
J.A. (PRESIDING),
OFOE J.A, DODZIE J.A <o:p></o:p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">A.
M.&nbsp; DORDZIE, J.A: <o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">This
is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court Accra dated 5th
July 2005. Plaintiff’s claim in the circuit court was for:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">&nbsp;1. General damages for trespass to a piece of
land described in his land certificate N0. GA5937 and in the schedule to the
statement of claim as: All that parcel of land in extent 0.058 hectare (0.143
of an acre) more or less being parcel N0. 258 Block 4 section 54 situate at
Dansoman in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana delineated on Registry Map N0.
04/54/88 in the Land Title registry, Victoriaborg Accra. <o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">2.
Recovery of possession.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">3.
Perpetual injunction to restrain the defendant, his agents, servants and
assigns from interfering with the plaintiff’s possession and quiet enjoyment of
the land.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">4.
Such other reliefs as the court may deem fit.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The
plaintiff based his claim on a lease agreement between him and the Sempe Stool
dated 20th April 1989 which he registered on 25th January
1993 and obtained land certificate N0. GA. 5937.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">He
instituted the action because the defendant resisted his development of the
land and claims ownership.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The
defendant on the other hand maintains the land in dispute forms part of a tract
of land his father obtained from the James Town Stool since 1959 and had been
in possession ever since. His father gifted the plot in dispute to him for the
purpose of operating his auto mechanic workshop. The father built on part of
the larger plot and sold the adjoining plots to other people who also have
built and are living on them. The area therefore is built up and the disputed
land which is imbedded in the built up area belongs to him. The plaintiff is
aware of this because he had once lived in the area as a tenant and is aware of
his family’s ownership of the lands in the area including the disputed
plot.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot;">The
defendant therefore counter claimed thus:<o:p></o:p>