MRS CHRISTIANA EDITH AGYAKWA ABOA AND OTHERS vs. MAJOR KEELSON (RTD) [2011]DLSC2581

Date	2011-03-16
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/11/2010
Citation No.	[2011]DLSC2581

DR. DATE-BAH JSC (PRESIDING)

ANSAH JSC

DOTSE JSC

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS.) JSC

ALBERT ADAARE FOR APPELLANT

ODAME ADUFU FOR THE RESPONDENTS.

[2011]DLSC2581
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MRS CHRISTIANA EDITH
AGYAKWA ABOA AND OTHERS<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MAJOR KEELSON (RTD)<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[SUPREME
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/11/2010&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 16TH MARCH, 2011<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>ALBERT ADAARE FOR APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ODAME
ADUFU FOR THE RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p>

DR. DATE-BAH, JSC (PRESIDING) ANSAH, JSC DOTSE,
JSC BAFFOE-BONNIE, JSC AND AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS.) JSC<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGEMENT&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

</div>JONES DOTSE JSC: <o:p></o:p>This
an appeal by the Defendant/Appellant/Appellant in both consolidated suits,
hereafter referred to as the defendant against the judgment of the Court of
Appeal, dated 3rd April, 2008 in favour of the
Plaintiffs/Respondents/ Respondents in both cases, hereafter referred to as the
plaintiffs.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff in Suit No. 81/92 is the daughter of Odikro Kwabena Agyakwa now
deceased, who was the leader of a group of farmers who purchased land from the
Akim Abuakwa and Begoro stools. The portion of land in respect of which (his
daughter) the plaintiff herein instituted the action is the portion of land
that was apportioned to her late father. Portions of the land which Odikro
Kwabena Agyakwa purchased with members of the syndicate and which was
apportioned to him formed part of the land that he later sold to a group of Krobo
farmers led by one Kwesi Ghartey a.k.a Kwesi Photo or Photo Kwesi. The
defendant herein is the customary successor of the said Kwesi Ghartey.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff’s in suit No.L20/92 are the children of members of the syndicate of
Krobo farmers who purchased portions of the land from Kwabena Agyakwa and in
turn apportioned the said land to members of the group including Kwesi Ghartey,
who facilitated same.<o:p></o:p>The
allotment to Kwesi Ghartey seems therefore to be a just recompense for his
services in ensuring the purchase of the land by the Krobo farmers, whose
parents are the predecessors of the plaintiffs herein.<o:p></o:p>GENESIS OF THE ACTIONS<o:p></o:p>SUIT NO L 81/92<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
plaintiff, a surviving daughter of Kwabena Agyakwa, claimed that her late
father and a group of other farmers in or about 1924, after the purchase of the
land from the Akim Abuakwa and Begoro stools, had his own portion of land
allotted to him as did other members of the group.<o:p></o:p>After
the purchase and allotment, Kwabena Agyakwa was reported to have sold portions
of his land to a group of Krobo farmers led by Kwesi Ghartey. <o:p></o:p>The
portions of Kwabena Agyakwa’s land which remained after the land transactions
between him and the Krobo farmers were customarily gifted by him to his children.
The plaintiff therefore described the said parcels of land as schedules A &amp;
B.<o:p></o:p>On
the other hand, the defendant claimed that his uncle the late Kwesi Ghartey
purchased a large parcel of land comprising an acreage of about 1,052.52 of
land from the plaintiffs’ father, Odikro Kwabena Agyakwa. The defe</main>