ALHAJI MOHAMMED MORU & ANOR. vs. MOHAMMED HUSEINI [2013]DLSC6148

Date	2013-02-24
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4 /17/2012
Citation No.	[2013]DLSC6148

ATUGUBA JSC. (PRESIDING)

ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC

OWUSU (MS) JSC

DOTSE JSC

BONNIE JSC

HENRY ORRACA-TETTEY FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.

ROBERT ALLOTEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT

[2013]DLSC6148
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ALHAJI MOHAMMED MORU
&amp; ANOR.<o:p></o:p>[PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT]<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MOHAMMED HUSEINI<o:p></o:p>[DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT]<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4 /17/2012&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; DATE: 27TH FEBRUARY,
2013<o:p></o:p>

ROBERT
ALLOTEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p>

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</div>BAFFOE-BONNIE, JSC <o:p></o:p>The
Defendant/Appellant/Appellant is appealing against the decision of the Court of
Appeal dated April 14, 2011 which upheld the decision of the Circuit Court
dated March 17, 2008. <o:p></o:p>The
facts of the case before the trial court were as follows;&nbsp; The Plaintiff/Respondent/Respondent,
hereinafter referred to as the Respondent, suing per his lawful attorney,
caused a writ of summons and statement of claim to issue against the
Defendant/Appellant/Appellant, hereinafter referred to as the Appellant for:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order for the immediate ejectment of the
Appellant, then the Defendant from the piece of land particularly described in
paragraph 3 of the statement of claim by reason of: <o:p></o:p>i.
Non-payment of rent; and <o:p></o:p>ii.
Fraudulent breach of the agreement between Plaintiff and Defendant.<o:p></o:p>b.
An order for recovery of possession of the said land. <o:p></o:p>c.
3.4 million being rent due and owing for the period January to December 2000
and January to December, 2001. <o:p></o:p>d.
Interest at the prevailing bank rate on the rent and mesne profit due to the
Plaintiff. <o:p></o:p>The
Defendant in turn filed a statement of defence denying the Plaintiff’s claim
and counterclaimed for: <o:p></o:p>a.
Declaration of title to all that piece or parcel of land described in schedule <o:p></o:p>b.
Recovery of possession of any portion that plaintiff trespasses on. <o:p></o:p>c.
Damages for trespass. <o:p></o:p>d.
Perpetual injunction restraining the plaintiff, his agents, assigns and workmen
from further interfering with the defendant’s land. <o:p></o:p>At
the trial the Plaintiff tendered in evidence; a Power of Attorney from Alhaji
Mohammed Moro as a donor, appointing Mohammed Munkaila (His Son) as his
lawful&nbsp; Attorney. <o:p></o:p>The
case of the Plaintiff as narrated by his Attorney was quite simple.&nbsp; The Plaintiff is a businessman and an Islamic
Religious leader.&nbsp; By a deed of
conveyance dated March 23, 1990 between the Plaintiff on one part and Nii
Kpakpo Amako II Mankralo and Acting Sempe Mantse of Accra, acting with the
consent and concurrence of the principal members of the said family of the
other part, Nii Kpakpo Amako, as the Acting Sempe Mantse, leased a parcel of
land situate at Sowutuom, to the Plaintiff for the term of 99 years from March
23, 1990. <o:p></o:p>The
indenture was tendered as Exhibit B during the trial. Exhibit B had been duly
executed by Nii Kpakpo Amako in the presence of a witness and by the Plaintiff
also in the presence of witness.&nbsp; The
Indenture had been duly stamped and the Land Valuation Board Number LVB
6773A/95.&nbsp; According to the Plaintiff,
sometime in 1999 he entered into an oral tenancy agreement with the Defendant
through his caretaker to the effect that the Defendant would operate a
temporary hand-pump fuel filling station on the said plot of land until the
Plaintiff required it for his own use.&nbsp; The
Defendant, acting under the terms of this agreement made payment of the first
year’s rent advance.&nbsp; The Plaintiff
applied this money to erect a temporary structure on the said land for use by
the Defendant as an office and a storeroom. <o:p></o:p>