KOFI ANSAH SUBSTD. BY KOFI NKETSIA SUBSTITUTED BY KWADWO BOSOMPRA vs. KWODWO ANHWERE [2013]DLCA8097

KOFI ANSAH SUBSTD. BY KOFI NKETSIA SUBSTITUTED BY KWADWO BOSOMPRA vs. KWODWO AN... [2013]DLCA8097

Date	2013-03-21
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/19/2013
Citation No.	[2013]DLCA8097

ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING)

ACKAH-YENSU J.A.

BENSON J.A.

NANA KONDUA FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

HUBERT SEVOR FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

[2013]DLCA8097
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOFI ANSAH
SUBSTD. BY KOFI NKETSIA SUBSTITUTED BY KWADWO BOSOMPRA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KWODWO ANHWERE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[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; DATE:
21ST MARCH, 2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<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., BENSON J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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</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>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>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>c.<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;&nbsp;
Possession thereof.<o:p></o:p>d.<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;&n</main>