MADAM EMELIA ODARKOR LAMTEY SUBSTITUTED BY LUCY OGBO ODARTEY LAMPTEY (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. MADAM ODARTSO LAMPTEY AKU AND LYDIA ODARTEI LAMPTEY AKU (CO-PLAINTIFFS/ RESPONDENTS) vs. DAVID ODARTEY LAMPTEY SUBSTITUTED BY DANIEL ODARTEY LAMPTEY (DEFENDANT/APPELLANT) D. O. LAMPTEY (SUBSTITUTED BY MARK ODARTEY LAMPTEY) (CO-DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT) [2011]DLCA7931

MADAM EMELIA ODARKOR LAMTEY SUBSTITUTED BY LUCY OGBO ODARTEY LAMPTEY (PLAINTIFF/... [2011]DLCA7931

Date	2011-04-11
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. HI/227/2011
Citation No.	[2011]DLCA7931

HONYENUGA J.A. (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE J.A.

WELBOURNE (MRS.) J.A.

MR. NATHANIEL MYRES FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

MRS. EDUSA POKU FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2011]DLCA7931
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MADAM EMELIA ODARKOR LAMTEY
SUBSTITUTED BY LUCY OGBO ODARTEY LAMPTEY<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>MADAM ODARTSO LAMPTEY
AKU AND LYDIA ODARTEI LAMPTEY AKU<o:p></o:p>(CO-PLAINTIFFS/
RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>DAVID ODARTEY
LAMPTEY SUBSTITUTED BY DANIEL ODARTEY LAMPTEY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>D. O. LAMPTEY (SUBSTITUTED BY MARK ODARTEY LAMPTEY)<o:p></o:p>(CO-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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CIVIL
APPEAL NO.&nbsp; HI/227/2011&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
11TH APRIL, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
NATHANIEL MYRES 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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MRS.
EDUSA POKU 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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HONYENUGA J.A. (PRESIDING), DZAMEFE
J.A., WELBOURNE (MRS.) J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>HONYENUGA,
J.A.<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal by the defendant and co-defendants/appellants (hereinafter called
the appellants) against the judgment of the High Court, Accra dated the 14th
day of February, 2008.&nbsp; The said judgment
decreed title, recovery of possession and perpetual injunction against the appellants
and in favour of the plaintiffs and co-plaintiffs/respondents whom I shall
refer to as the respondents in this appeal. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
facts of this appeal are that the parties are close blood relations.&nbsp; 1st respondent is the aunt of the
deceased defendants and the 2nd respondent is a cousin of the
deceased defendants.&nbsp; The parties trace
their history through a common ancestry.&nbsp;
While the respondents claimed the land and the house in dispute through
Lante Aku, the appellants claimed same through Lante Kofi. &nbsp;Lante Aku and Lante Kofi were half
brothers.&nbsp; While the mother of Lante Aku
came from the Abafum Quarter of La, the mother of Lante Kofi came from the
Volta Region.&nbsp; All attempts to have the
title to the properties resolved ended in a fiasco.&nbsp; As a result the respondents caused the
instant writ of summons which was amended to be issued claiming as follows:-<o:p></o:p>”1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration of Title to all that piece or
parcel of land and buildings thereon more particularly described in the
Schedule attached hereto.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery of possession of the land and
buildings thereon more particularly described in the Schedule attached hereto.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General Damages for trespass committed
by the defendant on the plaintiffs’ land.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perpetual Injunction restraining the
defendant whether by himself, his servants, agents, privies, workmen, assigns
or otherwise howsoever from entering, developing or dealing with the said piece
or parcel of land and the buildings thereon, subject matter of this action
and/or interfering in any way whatsoever with the plaintiffs ownership,
possession and occupation of the said land.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO<o:p></o:p>All that piece or parcel of land situate, lying and
being at La, Accra in the Greater Accra Region containing an approximate</main>