KWABENA KUFUOR ALIAS PATRICK KUFOUR vs. JUSTICE N.Y.B. ADADE AND OTHER [2013]DLHC8521

Date	2013-01-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. CI/148/09
Citation No.	[2013]DLHC8521

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON

BENARD ASARE FOR PLAINTIFF

STEPHEN OPPONG FOR 1ST DEFENDANT

PAAPA DADSON FOR 2ND DEFENDANT

[2013]DLHC8521
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ALIAS PATRICK KUFOUR<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE N.Y.B. ADADE AND OTHER<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, KUMASI]<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. CI/148/09&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
28TH JANUARY, 2013<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>BENARD
ASARE FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>STEPHEN
OPPONG FOR 1ST DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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PAAPA
DADSON FOR 2ND DEFENDANT <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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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:
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LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON<o:p></o:p>

</div>The plaintiff herein who described himself as a transporter issued a
writ of summons from the Registry of this court on 18th December,
2007 against the defendants jointly and severally claiming the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“(a) A declaration that the
parcel of land known and described as Plot 10 Block J, West Nhyiaeso, Kumasi is
the property of the plaintiff having acquired same from 1st
defendant sometime in 1991.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(b) A declaration that any
purported alienation by the 1st defendant to the 2nd
defendant is void ab initio and a nullity as the 1st defendant has
no title to convey in relation to the said plot after passing his previous
right title and interest unto the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(c) An order of injunction
restraining the defendants, their agents, assigns, privies, workmen,
representatives, those claiming through under or by them at law or custom and
in any manner whatsoever from interfering with plaintiff’s ownership of the
said parcel of land and from in any manner continuing their trespassory and
illegal conduct.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(d) SUCH FURTHER ORDER(S) as
the Honourable Court may deem fit.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In the accompanying statement of claim, the plaintiff asserted that around
1991 he acquired the disputed property Plot 10 Block J, West Nhyiaeso from the
1st defendant, a retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana. According
to the plaintiff, after 1st defendant divested himself of his entire
right and interest in the property he erected a fence wall around it. He
asserted that he took possession of the property, and instructed lawyer Arnold
Prempeh to prepare the relevant documentation, but it could not be completed
because 1st defendant refused to sign same with a view to deprive him
the benefit of a completed documentation in respect of the property.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It is also the case of the plaintiff that to his surprise, he discovered
in 2007 that, the 1st defendant purported to alienate the property
to the 2nd defendant with full knowledge he had no title &nbsp;so to convey. In his assertion, this is an
appropriate case for the nemo dat quod non habet principle to be applied by
this court. He also averred that based on the illegal transaction between the
defendants, the 2nd defendant trespassed upon the property and
allegedly destroyed development he put on it. Finally, the plaintiff prayed the
court to regard as fraudulent, ineffectual and therefore null and void any
document prepared by the defendants in respect of the property, particularly in
favour of the 2nd defendant.<o:p></o:p>