DOROTHY OKAILEY AYINLA vs. THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES [2014]DLCA3641

Date	2014-05-15
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO. H1/81/2013
Citation No.	[2014]DLCA3641

KUSI-APPIAH J.A (PRESIDING)

GYAESAYOR J.A

DZAMEFE J.A

MR. ANTHONY KWAKYE FOR APPELLANT

MR. J. A. LARKAI FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2014]DLCA3641
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DOROTHY
OKAILEY AYINLA<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE
REGISTERED TRUSTEES<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 SUIT NO. H1/81/2013&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;DATE: 15TH
MAY, 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>MR. ANTHONY KWAKYE
FOR APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
J. A. LARKAI FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<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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KUSI-APPIAH,
J.A (PRESIDING) GYAESAYOR, J.A AND DZAMEFE, J.A<o:p></o:p>

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</div>GYAESAYOR,
JA<o:p></o:p>In this interlocutory
appeal, the parties who are hereby described as plaintiff/appellant and
defendant/respondent respectively are litigating over a piece of land lying and
situate at Odorkor, Accra.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff by her
statement of claim, claims to be the owner of the disputed land having been
gifted to her by her late mother Virginia Aryee. She claimed that the land forms
part of the larger land belonging to Virginia Aryee’s father Francis Aryee, a
royal of Asere Stool who had earlier on gifted the land to Virginia Aryee.&nbsp; Her mother Virginia Aryee registered her land
as number 841/1952 in 1952.<o:p></o:p>It is her case that
defendant is religious body whose branch members are based within the area of
the land and have trespassed unto the land by constructing a temporary place of
worship and an uncompleted building. The defendants have since destroyed the
corner pillars planted on the boundary by her mother and also destroyed the
foundations constructed by the mother. When the defendant defied warnings to
leave, she issued this writ.<o:p></o:p>The defendant/respondent
virtually denied all the averments of plaintiff and further explained that she
acquired the land from Henry George Annan and has since obtained land Title Certificate
No. GA26715 of volume 32 Folio as evidence of their legal and equitable
interest.&nbsp; It is the case of the defendant/respondent
that all diligent search was done at various institutions before acquiring the
land. It is interesting and pertinent to note that both parties have produced
documents to evidence their ownership to the land. The plaintiff traced her
root of title to 28th March 1952. The defendant showed their root of
title dating 1944 and further relied on the land title certificate and that
being so holds an indefeasible title.<o:p></o:p>In the light of these divergent
claims the court was called upon by the plaintiff/appellant to impose an injunction
on the defendant church to restrain it from further developing the land until
the rights of the parties were determined. At page 50 of the record of
proceedings is found the ruling of the court below;-<o:p></o:p>“I have read the motion paper and the
Supporting Affidavit as well as the Supplementary Affidavit together with its
annexures. I have equally read the Affiadavit in Opposition and the annexures
thereto.<o:p></o:p>Now, having regard to the pleadings
filed in the case and the respective arguments of both counsel as canvassed in
the Statement of Case filed by both lawyers, I think it shall not be just and
convenient to grant the instant application.&nbsp;
In the circumstance the application is refused.”<o:p></o:p>The trial court refused
the application for injunction on the grounds that it will not be just and convenient
to do so.&nbsp; It is the refusal to grant the
application which led to the present appeal now before us. The notice of interlocutory
appeal was filed on 8th November 2012 and it is against the entire
ruling dated 1st November 2012.<o:p></o:p>The grounds of appeal are
set out on page 51 and are as follows;- <o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The
ruling was against the weight of the affidavit evidence and the attached
documents of title.<o:p></o:p>b.