REV. DANIEL OKPOTI OKERTCHIRI (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. EDDIE NELSON (DEFENDANT/APPELLANT) [2015]DLCA7481

REV. DANIEL OKPOTI OKERTCHIRI (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. EDDIE NELSON (DEFENDANT... [2015]DLCA7481

Date	2015-07-16
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/3/15
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA7481

GYAESAYOR JA (PRESIDING)

ADUAMA OSEI JA

DZAMEFE JA

REV. DANIEL OKPOTI OKERTCHIRI

MR. G. H. QUIST FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

MR. EDWARD S. CRABBE FOR RESPONDENTDEFENDANT/APPELLANT

[2015]DLCA7481
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >REV. DANIEL OKPOTI OKERTCHIRI<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EDDIE NELSON<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/3/15&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
16TH JULY,2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
G. H. QUIST FOR DEFENDANT/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. EDWARD S. CRABBE FOR
RESPONDENTDEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>GYAESAYOR
JA (PRESIDING), ADUAMA OSEI JA, DZAMEFE JA, REV. DANIEL OKPOTI OKERTCHIRI<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>GYAESAYOR,
JA<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This is an appeal against the decision of the
High Court dated 29th January 2014. The defendant who lost the case in the High
Court has filed this appeal. <o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff in the High Court who shall continue to be described as such in this
appeal took out a writ on 28th January 2002 seeking the following reliefs;<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration of title to all that piece or
parcel of land lying and being at La-Accra, and bounded on the North East by
proposed road measuring 70 feet and 40 feet respectively or more or less on the
South-West by Donor’s; and measuring 100 feet more or less on the South-East by
proposed road measuring 3 Feet or less on the North-West by Donor’s land
measuring 60 feet more or less and containing an approximate area of 0.14 acre
more or less which said pieces[sic] or parcel of land is more particularly delineated
on the plan attached to the deed of gift dated 28th March 1984 and registered
in the Lands Registry as No.3956/34 and thereon shown edged pink. <o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages for trespass. <o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Perpetual injunctions restraining the
defendant whether by himself, his servants or agents or otherwise however from
entering upon the plaintiffs land.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery of possession. <o:p></o:p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Any further or other orders <o:p></o:p>On
the 18th day of April 2011, the plaintiff amended his statement of claim
pursuant to leave granted by the High Court. In the amended statement of claim
plaintiff described himself as the freehold owner of the land lying and situate
at La in Accra. According to him, the defendant also purports to be the
rightful owner and in possession of the same land.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the plaintiff’s case that his Uncle Ayi
Bi Mensah now deceased gave him the land in January 1981 after which he
processed the documents at the Lands Commission. He therefore became the owner
by virtue of a Deed of Gift dated 28th March 1984 bearing stamp number AC
2119/84 and is registered in the Land Registry, Accra as No. 3956/84.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;He also acquired a portion of the land which
Ayi bi[sic] Mensah had sold to one Madam Patience Tsotsoo Boye in 1983 from the
said Tsotso[sic] who prepared a statutory declaration in his favour and subsequently
gave her title deeds to him.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;In an attempt to erect corner pillars on the
land in 1992, he was confronted by one Madam Ako Fofo who alleged that the land
belonged to one Emmanuel T. Nelson who had put her there as a caretaker. <o:p></o:p>