[2014]DLCA4415 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">ADIZA MOHAMADU</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">(</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">)</span></i><b><i><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;tab-stops:117.4pt"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0">ALI ADAMU AND HARUNA AMIDU</span></b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS""> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS"">(</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">DEFENDANT/APPELLANT</span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">)</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">[COURT OF APPEAL, KOFORIDUA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"">SUIT NO: H1/08/2014</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">DATE:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""> 21<sup>ST</sup> OCTOBER, 2014</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">MR. K. AMOAKO ADJEI (ESQ.) FOR THE 2<sup>ND</sup> DEFENDANT/ </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">APPELLANT</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">MR. FRANK DONKOR (ESQ.) FOR THE PLAINTIFF/</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"">RESPONDENT</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">CORAM: </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">ADJEI J.A (PRESIDING), LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A., SOWAH J.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">CECILIA SOWAH <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">This an appeal against the judgment of the Circuit Court, Koforidua, dated 26<sup>th</sup> August 2013 by which the learned trial judge entered judgment for the plaintiff in respect of her claims for declaration of title to land and perpetual injunction restraining the defendant and his agents from entering the land in dispute. The trial judge also awarded cost in the sum of GH</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">₵</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">2,000 in plaintiffs favour against the 2<sup>nd</sup> defendant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">A brief back ground to the events culminating in the appeal filed by the 2nd defendant is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The plaintiff initially issued her writ of summons against the 1<sup>st</sup> Defendant on 27<sup>th</sup> September 2005 for declaration of title and perpetual injunction. The 2<sup>nd</sup> defendant became a party when he applied and was joined to the suit on the ground that he had bought the land in dispute from the 1<sup>st</sup> defendant. By an amended writ of summons filed on 15<sup>th</sup> October 2012, the plaintiff/respondent (hereinafter called the plaintiff) claimed against the 1st defendant and the 2nd defendant/appellant (hereinafter called the defendant/appellant) inter alia, declaration of title to the plot of land in dispute, damages for demolishing the building on the land, general damages for trespass and perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from entering the land in dispute.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">The plaintiffs claim as per the accompanying statement of claim was that the land in dispute was the self-acquired property of her late husband Hamid Abdul Dababi (hereinafter referred to as ‘the deceased’) who died on 17<sup>th</sup> September 1998. Her late husband was a Nigerien from Niger but had come to this country as a young man and lived here until his death. They had been married for 39 years but they had no children together nor did he have any children of his own. It was the case of the plaintiff that her deceased husband had started construction of a house on the land with her support, and upon his death the uncompleted property devolved on her.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", s