[2013]DLCA8119 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">NENE DOKUTSO TEI KWABLA HEAD OF TEI KWABLA FAMILY <span class="NoSpacingChar">SUING FOR HIMSELF AND ON </span>BEHALF OF TEI KWABLA FAMILY OF OLD NINGO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;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"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">LAND COMMISSION<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">(1ST DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span class="NoSpacingChar"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">WESTERN REGION HOUSE OF CHIEFS</span></b></span><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">(</span></i><span class="NoSpacingChar"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">2ND DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENT</span></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri">[COURT OF </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">APPEAL, </span><span class="NoSpacingChar"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">ACCRA</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">]</span><span lang="EN-US" 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;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:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO. H1/168/2012 </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> DATE: 17<sup>TH</sup> OCTOBER, 2013<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" 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="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">KUSI-APPIAH JA [PRESIDING], OFOE JA, WELBOURNE JA<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><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-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">KUSI-APPIAH, JA:-<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">By his writ of summons filed on the 13<sup>th</sup> of February 2009, the plaintiff brought this action for himself and on behalf of the Tei Kwabla family of Ningo jointly and severally against the defendants for;-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">“Declaration of title to all that piece of land situate and lying at Bundase containing an approximate area of 33,000 acres bounded on the North East by Shai lands on the South East by Bundase lands on the South West by Dawhenya and on the North West by Prampram lands.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">2.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">A declaration that the vesting of the piece or parcel of land known as Bundase lands in the 2<sup>nd</sup> defendant situate at Bundase aforesaid and described in the schedule to the 1968 Instrument aforesaid as null and void.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">3.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Recovery of possession in favour of the plaintiff. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">4.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">An order upon the 2<sup>nd</sup> defendant to refund to the plaintiff all rent, revenue or any valuable consideration that have accrued to the 2<sup>nd</sup> defendant as a result of the Administration of the said land.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo6"><!--[if !support