NANA KWAKU ASUBONTENG vs. BETHEL PRAYER MINISTRY AND THE CHIEF REGISTRAR OF LANDS. [2014]DLCA4519

NANA KWAKU ASUBONTENG vs. BETHEL PRAYER MINISTRY AND THE CHIEF REGISTRAR OF LAN... [2014]DLCA4519

Date	2014-07-10
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/100/2014
Citation No.	[2014]DLCA4519

ABBAN (MRS.) J.A. (PRESIDING)

OFOE J.A.

TORKORNOO (MRS.) J.A.

MR. OFORI ADUSEI FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

MR. NATHAN ANTWI FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2014]DLCA4519
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA KWAKU ASUBONTENG<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">(PLAINTIFF/
APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">vs.<o:p></o:p>BETHEL PRAYER MINISTRY
AND THE CHIEF REGISTRAR OF LANDS.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">(DEFEDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[COURT OF
APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. OFORI ADUSEI FOR
PLAINTIFF/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.
NATHAN ANTWI FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ABBAN
(MRS.) J.A. (PRESIDING), OFOE J.A., TORKORNOO (MRS.) J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">

<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align: center; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0in;">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>OFOE,J.A:<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff is a brother
of the deceased, Bishop Owusu Tabri, founder of the 1st defendant
church. The dispute is about a 0.9 acre land and building with 22 rooms thereon
located in the environs of Achimota, a suburb of Accra. The plaintiff claims it
was his deceased brother who introduced the vendor, Nii Dodoo Blankson, to him
and after due payment he was leased the property and issued the indenture
exhibit A. He subsequently constructed these buildings and put in some of his
relatives. With his permission, his brother, Bishop Owusu Tabiri put in some of
his church members and was paying rent on behalf of these church members. It
was after the death of his brother when he sought to collect rents from the 1st
defendant church, that he was met with the ownership claim to the property. When
he got the police to investigate the claim of the church it was found that:<o:p></o:p>“1.In 1978 the document was used by
the Bishop Owusu Tabiri as a mortgage for loan from the Standard Chartered
Bank.<o:p></o:p>2. The mortgage was discharged in
2002, still unknown to the plaintiff until 2008. It took the intervention of
the police, the former employers of Bishop Owusu Tabiri before the plaintiff
got to know this.<o:p></o:p>3. There was a lease hold agreement
dated the 16th day of March 2001 from John H. D. Blankson to Bethel
Prayer Ministry International.<o:p></o:p>4. On the 17th day of
January 2002 there was a lease from Asubonteng Constructional Works to John Nii
Dodoo Blankson.<o:p></o:p>5. On the 16th day of March
2005, the 1st defendant applied for land title certificate from the
land title registry and same was granted them as No. G.A 24519”.<o:p></o:p>It is the case of the
plaintiff that the foregoing were all fraudulent acts perpetrated by the
brother, Bishop.<o:p></o:p>He had no option than to
sue them for a declaration who owns this property. Because the 1st
defendant had obtained a Land Title Certificate on the property plaintiff found
it necessary to include the 2nd defendant in the suit. His claim
before the High Court was for:<o:p></o:p>