KOFI ANSAH vs. KWODWO ANHWERE [2013]DLCA3630

Date	2013-03-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/19/2013
Citation No.	[2013]DLCA3630

ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING)

ACKAH-YENSU J.A

BENSON J.A.

NANA KONDUA FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

HUBERT SEVOR FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

[2013]DLCA3630
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOFI ANSAH <o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KWODWO ANHWERE<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[COURT OF APPEAL, CAPE
COAST]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO. H1/19/2013&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 21TH
MARCH, 2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>NANA KONDUA FOR THE
PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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HUBERT
SEVOR FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ADJEI,
J.A. (PRESIDING) ACKAH-YENSU, J.A. AND BENSON, J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>DENNIS ADJEI, J.A<o:p></o:p>The defendant/appellant on 13th December,
2011 filed an appeal against the judgment of the Circuit Court, Takoradi which
granted all the reliefs sought by the plaintiff/respondent on his writ of
summons.&nbsp; The trial Circuit Court Judge
granted for the plaintiff a declaration of title to the disputed land,
GH¢1500.00 as general damages for trespass, recovery of possession and an Order
for permanent injunction against the defendant.&nbsp;
The trial Circuit Court Judge further dismissed the defendant’s
counterclaim as unproved.<o:p></o:p>The brief undisputed facts of this case were that the
parties herein are natives of Adientem.&nbsp;
Their ancestors moved from different places to settle at Adientem and
have been living there for centuries.&nbsp;
Each of the parties is asserting that their ancestors founded
Adientem.&nbsp; The plaintiff published in the
Daily Graphic that the disputed plot is vested in his family and that provoked
the defendant to make a counter publication to deny the plaintiff’s family
interest in the disputed land.<o:p></o:p>The parties visited the locus in quo with other people
but could not resolve the matter.&nbsp; The
plaintiff dissatisfied with the defendant’s adverse claim to the disputed land
filed this action against him at the Circuit Court claiming for the following
reliefs:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-57.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">a.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration of title to all that
piece or parcel of land situate at Adientem and bounded on the&nbsp; north by the&nbsp;
Adientem – anagye Road, on the South by&nbsp;
Adientem-Kwesimintsim road, on the west by pillar KF25 to the Bridge at
pillar KF 19, and on the East by the Coconut plantation of the Kona Family
(Antobam).<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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text-justify:inter-ideograph;text-indent:-57.0pt;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">b.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages for trespass<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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Possession thereof.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;
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