IBRAHIM ISSAH VS. BILLY ANANFUL YAW SASU PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY ALEXANDER EYESON [2012]DLCA4848

IBRAHIM ISSAH VS. BILLY ANANFUL YAW SASU PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY ALEXANDER EYE... [2012]DLCA4848

Date	2012-05-03
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/91/2010
Citation No.	[2012]DLCA4848

AKAMBA J.A. (PRESIDING)

MARIAMA OWUSU J.A.

GYAESAYOR J.A.

MR. G. Y. AMOAH FOR THE DEFENDANT/CO-DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS

MR. CHRISTOPHER ARCHER FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2012]DLCA4848
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>IBRAHIM ISSAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>VS.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>BILLY ANANFUL<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>YAW SASU PER HIS LAWFUL<o:p></o:p>ATTORNEY ALEXANDER EYESON<o:p></o:p>(CO-DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF
APPEAL (CIRCUIT COURT), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/91/2010&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; DATE: MAY 03, 2012<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>MR. G. Y. AMOAH FOR THE
DEFENDANT/CO-DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p>MR. CHRISTOPHER ARCHER FOR
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>AKAMBA J.A. (PRESIDING), MARIAMA OWUSU &nbsp;J.A., GYAESAYOR &nbsp;J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in">&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;JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>MARIAMA
OWUSU, J.A.:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On
30-11-2007, the Circuit Court, Accra gave judgment for the Plaintiff against
the defendant and co-defendant.&nbsp; The
court held among other things as follows:<o:p></o:p>“Once
the co-defendant has counterclaim for a declaration of title to the land in
dispute, he was duty bound to lead evidence to establish his title to the said
land and to failure to call his grantors to testify in the circumstances of
this case, is very fatal to his case.&nbsp;
Thus, the claim of the co-defendant stands without any proof.&nbsp; On the contrary, the plaintiff and his
witness have satisfied me by their evidence to the court that the land subject
matter of dispute is the property of the Ayawaso Stool and that it was validly
granted the plaintiff herein.&nbsp;
Accordingly, I declare that the land in dispute which is vividly
discounted in the endorsement on the plaintiff’s Writ of Summons is the
property of the plaintiff herein.<o:p></o:p>The
co-defendant’s counterclaim is therefore dismissed.<o:p></o:p>There
is evidence on record to the effect that when the defendant and co-defendant
started building on the land, the plaintiff warned them to stop but they paid
no heed.<o:p></o:p>Indeed
this action of the defendant and co-defendant amounts to trespass and
defendants are therefore liable in damages to the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>I
access general damages for trespass ¢10,000,000.00 in favour of the plaintiff
against the defendant and co-defendant.<o:p></o:p>