REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF AFRIKANIA MISSION vs. MAJOR QUARSHIE (SUBT. BY MRS. MARY QUARSHIE) [2013]DLCA5020

REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF AFRIKANIA MISSION vs. MAJOR QUARSHIE (SUBT. BY MRS. MARY... [2013]DLCA5020

Date	2013-05-16
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/117/2012
Citation No.	[2013]DLCA5020

OWUSU M. J.A. (PRESIDING)

ACQUAYE J.A.

WELBOURNE J.A.

MRS. M. Y. N. ACHIAMPONG FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

MR. KENNETH KUDJORDZIE FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2013]DLCA5020
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF AFRIKANIA MISSION<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MAJOR QUARSHIE (SUBT. BY MRS. MARY QUARSHIE)<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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SUIT NO: H1/117/2012&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; MAY
16, 2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MRS. M. Y. N. ACHIAMPONG FOR
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>OWUSU
M. J.A. (PRESIDING), ACQUAYE J.A., WELBOURNE J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>MARIAMA OWUSU, J.A:<o:p></o:p>On
11-2-2011, the High Court, Accra, refused the defendant’s Counterclaim and
granted all the reliefs endorsed by the plaintiff on its writ of summons.<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied
with the decision of the High Court, the defendant appealed to this Court on
the following grounds:<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The trial judge misdirected himself and
gave an erroneous decision<o:p></o:p>PARTICULARS OF
MISDIRECTION <o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Even though the plaintiff himself admitted
in his statement of claim that he “pulled down the old structure that housed
the Mission in order to build a modern structure that befit the Mission and its
objectives and goals”, the judge stated that there was no proof that the
Defendant/Appellant had his structure on that part of the land and that they
were demolished by the Plaintiff/Respondent. <o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Even though the Plaintiff/Respondent
himself exhibited PNDCL 325 in which item 140 clearly stated that H/No. 2
Senchi Street’s owner is Quarshie K. A. (MAJ.) the Judge endorsed the
Plaintiff’s assertion that he did not know that the land was confiscated from
the Defendant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Judge totally misapplied the law in the
cases he cited as applicable in this case.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>PARTICULARS OF MISAPPLICATION<o:p></o:p>I.<span</main>