GODWIN QUARTEY (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES (RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT) [2015]DLCA7116

GODWIN QUARTEY (PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT) vs. THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES (RESPONDENT/RES... [2015]DLCA7116

Date	2015-01-29
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL: H1/151/2013
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA7116

MARFUL SAU (JA) - PRESIDING

GYAESAYOR (JA)

MARGARET WELBOURNE (JA)

MR. CHARLES MBIEH FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

MR. CHARLES QUIST FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2015]DLCA7116
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GODWIN QUARTEY<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>CIVIL
APPEAL: H1/151/2013 &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;DATE:
29TH JANUARY, 2015<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

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DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&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;&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;<o:p></o:p>MARFUL
SAU (JA) - PRESIDING, GYAESAYOR (JA), MARGARET WELBOURNE (JA)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>MARGARET WELBOURNE (JA)<o:p></o:p>This
matter begun when the Plaintiff/appellant (hereinafter referred to as the
Appellant) issued a writ at the circuit court against the Defendant/respondent
(hereinafter referred to as the respondent) claiming the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p>1.
Declaration of title to all that piece of land described and contained in the
site plan marked Exhibit “A” attached hereto.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;2. Recovery of possession fortwith[sic] of the
portion of the land described in Exhibit "A" now occupied by the
Defendant.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;3. Damages for trespass on the Plaintiff’s
family land aforementioned. <o:p></o:p>4.
Perpetual injunction restraining the defendant by themselves their agents,
workmen, privies and all those deriving from the Gbawe family lands. <o:p></o:p>5.
An order from the honourable court authorizing the Plaintiff to pull down all
unauthorized structures on the subject land however constructed on the subject
land.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;6. The plaintiffs will pray that the court
orders that an independent Surveyor be appointed to demarcate the respective
lands of the parties being their respective site plans if any for the purposes
of comparison and identification. <o:p></o:p>7.
Any just relief.<o:p></o:p>The respondent operates a
church. It denied that the appellant is a principal member of the Gbawe Quartey
family. The respondent denied trespassing on the appellant’s land. He claimed
that he was put in occupation by the family of William A. Djimah, and as far as
they were aware, the land was given to William Djimah on February 3rd, 1985, by
James K. Quartey<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;After the trial, judgment was entered for the
respondent. Dissatisfied with the said judgment, the appellant appealed on the
following grounds:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;GROUNDS
OF APPEAL <o:p></o:p>1
The judgment is against the weight of evidence. <o:p></o:p>2
The judge erred in law when she preferred the evidence of the Defendant to that
of the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;3 The judge erred in law because since James
K. Quartey did not gift the land to William A. Djimah in 1985, the transfer of
the land to the Defendant was wrong as William A. Djimah had no title to the
land to make transfer of same to the respondent. <o:p></o:p>4
Further grounds of Appeal shall be filed on the receipt of the Proceedings at
the Lower Court. It is noted that the appellant did not file further grounds of
appeal. Thus I shall proceed to deal with the grounds as filed. <o:p></o:p>Rule
8(1) of the Court of Appeal rules, C.I.19 states that: “an appeal to the Court shall
be by way of rehearing and shall be brought by a notice of appeal”<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;I</main>