MARK OFEI ANTWI vs. JOHN KWAKU MORTEY [2015]DLCA5317

Date	2015-03-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H2/90/2015
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA5317

OWUSU M. (PRESIDING)

KORBIEH J.A.

DZAMEFE J.A.

MR. KWAME YANKYERAA FOR APPELLANT

MR. DAVID AMATEPEH FOR RESPONDENT

[2015]DLCA5317
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MARK
OFEI ANTWI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JOHN
KWAKU MORTEY<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[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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SUIT NO. H2/90/2015&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 26TH
MARCH, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR. KWAME YANKYERAA 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.
DAVID AMATEPEH FOR 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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OWUSU
M. (PRESIDING), KORBIEH J.A., DZAMEFE J.A.<o:p></o:p>

</div>&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="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:
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</div>MARIAMA
OWUSU, J.A:<o:p></o:p>On
8 – 1 – 2009, the High Court, Accra gave judgment for the plaintiff in this
case against the defendant.&nbsp; The court
held among other things as follows:<o:p></o:p>“Having
found that Exhibit 1 is tainted with fraud and that the defendant did not enter
the land in 1991 but in 2007, his occupation of the land cannot be protected
under Act 2 since in 2007,&nbsp; when he
entered the land, there was a fence wall around the land.&nbsp; The plaintiff also presented his title deeds
to the Land Registry as far back as 1994.&nbsp;
An injunction order had also been served on the defendant but he ignored
it and continue to build.<o:p></o:p>I
therefore enter judgment for the plaintiff as follows:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration
of title to the land as described in the writ of summons.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery
of possession of the said land.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, his agents, servants, etc
from the land described in the writ.<o:p></o:p>