BOI STOOL vs. DANIEL ADDOQUAYE ADDO, BENJAMIN TETTEH ADDO, NUUMO NMA SHIE FAMILY(As per head, DANIEL ADJETEY ADJEI) [2011]DLHC12048

BOI STOOL vs. DANIEL ADDOQUAYE ADDO, BENJAMIN TETTEH ADDO, NUUMO NMA SHIE FAMIL... [2011]DLHC12048

Date	2011-03-08
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BL 519/2007
Citation No.	[2011]DLHC12048

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JOHN AJET-NASAM

PROSPER NYAHE FOR PLAINTIFFS

G.S.K BABANAWO FOR THE 1ST & 2ND DEFENDANTS

C. A. CHAMBERS FOR THE 3RD DEFENDANT

[2011]DLHC12048
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BOI STOOL<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DANIEL
ADDOQUAYE ADDO, BENJAMIN TETTEH ADDO, NUUMO NMA SHIE FAMILY(As per head, DANIEL
ADJETEY ADJEI)<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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8TH&nbsp;MARCH 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>PROSPER NYAHE FOR PLAINTIFFS,<o:p></o:p>G.S.K BABANAWO FOR THE 1ST
&amp; 2ND DEFENDANTS,<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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</div>In this judgment, I do not intend to quote
in toto the claims and counterclaims of the parties. This is because, they are
long and wordy. I will however, refer to some of the reliefs where necessary in
the judgment.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The main issue that the Court had been
called upon to decide, is what is contained in claims 4 &amp; 6 of the reliefs
– i.e. the declaration in Suit No. 49/80 to the effect that Nuumo Nmashie
family and the other defendants are the owners of the land and villages as
captured in the Survey Plan submitted during the hearing at the Court of
Appeal, was procured through fraud. Further, the plaintiffs pray that this
Court declares any judgment based on such findings as null and void, because
the earlier judgments based on the survey report was fraudulent.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiffs filed a fresh action in
this Court claiming amongst other reliefs that, the judgments were obtained by
fraud.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The genesis of this present suit is the
Government of Ghana acquiring the Adjancote Hills for the GBC Television
Satellite Station. There were a lot of claims which led to the formation of the
Land Tribunal chaired by Justice Abban in 1976. The decision of the Tribunal
triggered an appeal to the Court of Appeal by the Nuumo Nmashie family. The
Court of Appeal then appointed Surveyor Lassey to prepare and submit a plan to
assist the Court in arriving at a decision as to who owns the villages
contiguous to the Adjancote Hills.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The 3rd defendant family argued
that the plaintiffs are seeking “a second bite at the cherry and this Court
should not entertain this false claim” see page 6 of address filed on 3rd
November, 2010. The 3rd defendant further stated that the trial took
over fifteen (15) years and plaintiffs never brought out the issue of fraud.<o:p></o:p>