KWABENA APPIAH vs DAVID KWABENA AKUOKU [2014]DLCA16128

Date	2014-05-15
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/79/2014
Citation No.	[2014]DLCA16128

MARIAMA OWUSU (PRESIDING)

ADUAMA OSEI J.A.

DORDZIE J.A

NOOR-DEEN SAEED

MR. BRAM LARBI

MRS. M. Y. N. ACHEAMPONG

[2014]DLCA16128
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KWABENA APPIAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DAVID KWABENA AKUOKU<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&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;&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; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">NOOR-DEEN SAEED FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
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padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">MRS. M. Y. N. ACHEAMPONG FOR RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&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; <o:p></o:p>MARIAMA OWUSU
(PRESIDING), ADUAMA OSEI J.A., DORDZIE J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>MARIAMA
OWUSU, J.A:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;On 7-5-2010, the High Court [Land Division],
Accra, dismissed the plaintiff/appellant’s [hereinafter refer to as plaintiff]
claim for a declaration of title to a parcel of land in Accra and other
ancillary reliefs sought against the defendant. &nbsp;Dissatisfied with the decision of the High
Court, the plaintiff appealed to this Court.<o:p></o:p>In a nutshell, the plaintiff’s case was
that the disputed land was sold to him by one Madam Doreen Boatemaah Bitihene
for valuable consideration sometime 1995. The said Assignment is witnessed by a
Deed of Assignment dated 25-7-1995 and stamped as LVB 8753/04 and AR/GB/520/95.
The plaintiff averred further that, on acquisition of the land, he went into
immediate possession, erected corner pillars and constructed the concrete
foundation for a house on the plot. It is the plaintiff’s case that, to his
shock and surprise and in spite of numerous warnings, the defendant/respondent
[hereinafter refer to as defendant] forcibly entered onto parts of his land and
constructed a house on the plot. He concluded that, defendant’s action is a
violation of his rights to his property and planned user of the land hence this
action.<o:p></o:p>On his part, the defendant denied
plaintiff’s claim and put the latter to strict proof of the averments contained
in the statement of claim. In particular, the defendant averred that, he
acquired the land in dispute from the Legal Owners of the land, the Ga, Gbese
and Korle Stools on 13-6-1995 and was given a document to that effect. The
defendant continued that, he registered the document at the Lands Commission as
AR/GB/456/95. <o:p></o:p>It is the defendant’s case that; he
immediately went into possession by building on the land but was stopped by the
Ga District Assembly for building without permit. He subsequently obtained the
building permit from the Ga District Assembly in October 2002 and continued
with the development of the land. He built two bedrooms on the land and put his
family in the said rooms before travelling abroad. Whilst abroad, the defendant
continued, he took up extra jobs to earn extra monies which he sent down to his
attorney in Ghana to continue the building. By 2004 a five bedroom house had
been completed on the disputed land. He has since allowed his other relatives
to move into the house and joined his wife and children.<o:p></o:p>The defendant concluded </main>