GREAT COMMISSION CHURCH INTERNATIONAL vs. LEONARD KOBLAH AGUEDE ACOLATSE AND MRS. JOYCE SAA ACOLATSE [2014]DLCA2782

GREAT COMMISSION CHURCH INTERNATIONAL vs. LEONARD KOBLAH AGUEDE ACOLATSE AND MRS... [2014]DLCA2782

Date	2014-04-10
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/63/2013
Citation No.	[2014]DLCA2782

KANYOKE J.A. (PRESIDING)

ACQUAYE J.A.

TORKORNOO (MRS.) J.A.

MISS MARTHA APPIAH FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS

MR. CHARLES TETTEH FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2014]DLCA2782
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GREAT COMMISSION CHURCH
INTERNATIONAL<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>LEONARD KOBLAH AGUEDE
ACOLATSE AND MRS. JOYCE SAA ACOLATSE<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
APPEAL NO. H1/63/2013&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 10TH APRIL, 2014<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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>MISS MARTHA APPIAH FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS,<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR. CHARLES TETTEH FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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</div>JUDGEMENT <o:p></o:p>KANYOKE, J.A.:&nbsp;
On the 20th day of October 2004, the
plaintiff/ appellant, a religious institution registered under the laws of
Ghana, with its head office at Adenta, Accra, instituted action at the High
Court, Accra, against the defendants/appellants seeking the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration of title to a piece or parcel
of land subject-matter of this suit<o:p></o:p>2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery of possession<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages for trespass<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Perpetual injunction and an<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Order to expunge the defendant’s documents
from the record of the Lands Department (Commission) in respect of the land in
dispute.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>The defendants/appellants
resisted the action and filed a joint statement of defence and counter claim in
which they also counterclaimed against he plaintiff for general damages for
trespass and for causing damage to the defendants building structures and
materials on the said land.&nbsp;
Subsequently, the defendants/appellants sought leave and amended the
statement of defence and counterclaimed for the same reliefs supra, in respect
of a large portion of land that included the portion claimed by the plaintiff/respondent.
The defendants/ appellants laid claim to the large portion of the land on the
basis of a grant made to them per a document (lease) dated 12th
April 2004 by the then head and principal members of the same Ashalley Botwe
family of Accra.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>At
the close of pleadings, the following issues and additional issue were set down
for trial.<o:p></o:p>