EDWARD OSEI vs. NANA GUAHYIA ABABIO [2012]DLCA3124

Date	2012-04-27
Suit No.	CASE NO: HI/30/2012
Citation No.	[2012]DLCA3124

JUSTICE MARIAMA OWUSU JA (PRESIDING)

JUSTICE F G KORBIEH JA

JUSTICE IRENE C DANQUAH JA

JAMES MARSHAL BEDIAKO ESQR. FOR DEFT/APPELLANT

SAMUEL OKOAMPAH ESQR. FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPT.

[2012]DLCA3124
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EDWARD OSEI<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NANA GUAHYIA ABABIO<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">CASE NO: HI/30/2012&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:27TH APRIL,2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>JAMES
MARSHAL BEDIAKO ESQR. FOR DEFT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SAMUEL
OKOAMPAH ESQR. FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE MARIAMA OWUSU JA
(PRESIDING), JUSTICE F G KORBIEH JA, JUSTICE IRENE C DANQUAH JA<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>IRENE
C DANQUAH JA<o:p></o:p>This appeal
emanates from the decision of the Circuit Court, Obuasi delivered on 24th
May, 2011 thus:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“These
basic uncontroverted facts between the parties raises a crucial legal point which
was not addressed by either of the parties. That is whether the grant of a
stool land to the Defendant complied with all the legal statutory requirements
for it to be valid. ………<o:p></o:p>It
therefore follows therefore that any interest in the land in dispute to the
Defendant by the Plaintiff would be null and void unless the consent and
concurrence of the Minister for Lands was obtained. Throughout the trial, no
shred of evidence was led to indicate that any grant by the Plaintiff to the
Defendant was made with the consent and concurrence of the Minister of Lands.
Therefore in the view of the Court, any purported grant by the Plaintiff of any
part of the New Edubiase Stool would be null and void and of no effect
whatsoever. It would therefore be wrong for the Court to hold that the Defendant
is the bona fide owner of the land in issue, as no interest was conveyed to him
whatsoever by the Plaintiff by virtue of the fact that such a grant would have
sinned against Section 8(1) of Act 123.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The court concluded
that;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“The
court would therefore dismiss the Plaintiffs claims on reliefs 1, 2, 5, 7 and
8. The Court would however based on the fact that no interest in the stool land
was conveyed to the Defendant whatsoever, in the absence of the Concurrence of
the Minister of Lands as stipulated in Section 8(1) of the Act 123 give
judgment for the Plaintiff on reliefs 3, 4 and 6. ………”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Aggrieved by the
said decision the Defendant has filed the instant appeal.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>To put the case in
its correct perceptive, it is pertinent to give a brief fact of the case;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On 2nd
June, 2009, the Plaintiff/Respondent hereafter referred to as the Respondent
issued a writ against the Defendant/Appellant hereafter referred to as
Appellant claiming the following reliefs;<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; “A declaration that the 1985 thirty
year lease agreement between the Plaintiff and the Defendant in respect of land
situate at Nyameso and bounded by the Nyame Stream, Old Nyameso Village and
Bidiem is at an end.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </s</main>