ISAAC OSEI SAFO (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. SAMUEL KWAME SACKEY (DEFENDANT/APPELLANT) [2011]DLCA7911

ISAAC OSEI SAFO (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. SAMUEL KWAME SACKEY (DEFENDANT/APPELL... [2011]DLCA7911

Date	2011-01-20
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/134/2010
Citation No.	[2011]DLCA7911

AKAMBA J.A. (PRESIDING)

KUSI-APPIAH J.A.

KORBIEH. J.A.

MR. FELIX QUARTEY FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

MR. JAMES AHENKORA FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2011]DLCA7911
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ISAAC OSEI SAFO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>SAMUEL KWAME SACKEY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<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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<p class="MsoListParagraph" align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">CIVIL APPEAL NO:&nbsp;
H1/134/2010&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 20TH JANUARY, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. FELIX QUARTEY FOR THE 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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MR. JAMES AHENKORA FOR THE
PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</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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AKAMBA J.A.
(PRESIDING), KUSI-APPIAH J.A., KORBIEH. J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>KUSI-APPIAH, J.A.:&nbsp; This is an appeal against the
judgment of the High Court (Fast Track), Accra dated 19 May, 2008.&nbsp; The facts giving rise to this action are very
simple.&nbsp; The Plaintiff sued the Defendant
for aggravated damages for demolishing his almost completed house at Amrahia
near Accra and also for an order of perpetual injunction.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Evidence
on record indicates that Plaintiff who lives and works in Germany mandated his
father Opanin Kwadwo Safo to look for a piece of land for the purposes of
putting up a dwelling house.&nbsp; In
pursuance to this request, the father got this land from Nii Amoafio II, Head
of the Nii Arma Okromansa family of Amrahia with the consent and concurrence of
the principal members of the said family somewhere in 2001.&nbsp; This piece of evidence is supported by an
indenture dated 2nd February, 2001 and tendered as Exhibit “G”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According
to the Plaintiff construction of the building commenced from December 2001 and
was roofed in 2005.&nbsp; The Plaintiff
averred by his pleadings that until 15th April 2005, he was
constructing a dwelling house consisting of seven bedrooms at Amrahia under the
supervision of his father Oheneba Kwadwo Safo when the Defendant caused a group
of people to pull down the whole building, hence this action.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
Defendant resisted the claim of the Plaintiff and went further to claim
ownership of the disputed land by virtue of a grant to him by NII ASHONG KOJO
II and a judgment he obtained in suit no:&nbsp;
L 75/2002 titled Samuel Kwame Sackey vrs. Mr. Akuetteh and 4
Others.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>By
paragraphs 6 and 7 of the Statement of Defence, the Defendant averred that
“having obtained judgment notice thereof was served on all the grantees, agents
and assigns of the Defendant therein which include the Plaintiff herein”.&nbsp; It was further averred that pursuant to leave
for writ of possession to issue and a subsequent demolishing order made by the
High Court (Fast Track) Accra, the Defendant herein was lawfully put in
possession by the Deputy Sheriff of the High Court. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Evidence
was led by the parties and their witnesses at the end of which judgment was
given in favour of the Plaintiff.&nbsp; It is
against this judgment that the Defendant has appealed on the following grounds:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The judgment is not supported by the weight of
evidence.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>