AMARH NMAI BOI & 2 ORS. vs. ADJETEY ADJEI & 12 ORS. [2012]DLCA5055

Date	2012-02-16
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/147/2011
Citation No.	[2012]DLCA5055

KUSI-APPIAH J.A. (PRESIDING)

HONYENUGA J.A.

DANQUAH (M/S) J.A.

MR. S.K. AMOAH FOR THE DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS

MR. SAM WOOD FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS

[2012]DLCA5055
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AMARH NMAI BOI &amp; 2
ORS.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ADJETEY ADJEI &amp; 12
ORS.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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: H1/147/2011&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; &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
FEBRUARY, 2012<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR. S.K. AMOAH FOR THE
DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
SAM WOOD FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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KUSI-APPIAH
J.A. (PRESIDING), HONYENUGA J.A., DANQUAH (M/S) J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>KUSI-APPIAH,
J.A.: This is
an appeal from the decision of the High Court, Accra given on 2nd
June, 2010 per Ofosu-Quartey J. by which the learned judge entered judgment for
the plaintiffs/respondents (hereinafter called the Plaintiffs) against the
defendants/appellants (hereinafter called the defendants) and decreed title in
the disputed land in the plaintiffs.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The case of the plaintiffs as
gathered from their pleadings and especially evidence at the trial, is that
they are siblings.&nbsp; They contended that
the disputed land was purchased in their name by their late father, &nbsp;Ebenezer Nmai Boi in 1961 when they were
minors from Nii Klu Din, the then Acting Mankralo of Teshie.&nbsp; They claim that the acquisition was evidence
by an indenture executed on 22nd December, 1961 which was registered
at the Lands Commission Secretariat as No. 3825/1985.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The plaintiffs aver further that
soon after the purchase, they entered into possession and exercised overt acts
of ownership over the disputed land by fixing corner pillars thereon,
constantly keeping it free from weeds and warding off trespassers.&nbsp; That they then applied to be registered under
the Land Title Registration Law but in the process they encountered some
problems from some members of the Tsie We family of Teshie as portion of the
land was found to fall within Tsie We family lands.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According to the plaintiffs, they
eventually got their title registered and were issued with Land Title
Certificate No. GA 20047 on 16th of January 2007.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>They testified that the defendants
subsequently entered the said land and started to put up unauthorized structures
on same and continued to do so in spite of entreaties to them to stop their
acts of trespass on their land.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On the 17th May, 2007,
the plaintiffs therefore brought an action against the defendants jointly and
severally, for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“a&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration of title to all that piece or parcel of land situate lying and
being at North Teshie and bounded on the North by one Mr. A. Laryea’s land
measuring 900 feet more or less on the Sourth by A. Kanton’s land measuring 900
feet more, or less on the East by the Vendors’s land measuring 400 feet more or
less and on the West by Vendor’s land measuring 400 feet more or less and
covering an approximate area of 8.28 acres.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>&nbsp;b&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery
of possession.<o:p></o:p>