[2012]DLCA8631 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">MADAM ABIGAIL TWUBA HALM</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">(</span></i></b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT</span></i><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">)<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;tab-stops:-198.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">GRACOMA LTD, KINSLEY GRAHAM, REGIONAL LANDS COMMISSION, MRS. SELMA FRANCES MANCELL EGALA AND CAPE COAST MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY</span></b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;tab-stops:-198.0pt"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">(</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENT</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">)</span></i><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;tab-stops:-198.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">[COURT OF APPEAL,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> CAPE COAST</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/26/2012 </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> DATE: 22<sup>ND</sup> NOVEMBER, 2012<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">KWAME FOSU-GYEABOUR FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">SOMUAH-ASAMOAH FOR THE 4TH DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">H. H. HAYFORD FOR THE 5TH DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">MARFUL-SAU JA –PRESIDING, HONYENUGA J.A., DENNIS ADJEI JA<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">MARFUL-SAU, JA: -</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> On the 11<sup>th</sup> of April 2008 the Plaintiff who is the appellant herein caused a writ of summons to be issued against the defendants who are the respondents herein. The writ itself was endorsed with 8 reliefs namely:-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">‘’a .A declaration of title to all that piece or parcel of land together with buildings thereon situate, lying and being at Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana and bounded as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">i) On the North by Sarbah Road measuring 110 feet more or less.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">ii) On the South by open space measuring 97feet more or less<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">iii) On the East by open space measuring 46 feet more or less.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:72.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">iv) On the West by Tantri road measuring 140 feet more or less and having an approximate area of 0.28 acres.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">b. An order setting aside the unlawful transfer of the said property to the 1<sup>st</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup> defendants.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">c. An order to the 3<sup>rd</sup> defendant to cancel the unlawful registration of the said land in the names of the 1<sup>st</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup> defendants.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">d. An order to the 5<sup>th</sup> defendant to cancel the names of the 1<sup>st</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup> defendants from its records as the owners of the said land.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">e. General damages for trespass against the 1<sup>st</sup> and 4<sup>th</sup> defendants<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">f. An order for recovery of $ 32,400 or its cedi equivalent from 1<sup>st</sup> defendant being rent arrears with interest.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">g. An order for recovery of possession<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">h. An order of perpetual injunction against all the defendants, their agents, assigns, servants, workmen and all persons claiming through them, restraining them from in any way interfering with the property in dispute.’’<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The parties as usual exchanged pleadings and the 4<sup>th</sup> respondent in her statement of defence stated at paragraph 24 as follows:-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-l