AKUA NSOWAA, AKOSUA AMPONSAH (FOR HERSELF AND ON BEHALF OF ATTA KWADWO AND ATAA ADWOA) AND KWAKU NSIAH (CUSTOMARY SUCCESSOR OF KOFI AMPONSAH AND KWADWO TIWAAH) vs. TOAYIRI BAMBA AND HAJIA MAMAA [2015]DLCA7996

AKUA NSOWAA, AKOSUA AMPONSAH (FOR HERSELF AND ON BEHALF OF ATTA KWADWO AND ATAA... [2015]DLCA7996

Date	2015-04-16
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/08/15
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA7996

E. K. AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA

IRENE C. LARBI (MRS.) JA

I. O. TANKO AMADU JA

[2015]DLCA7996
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AKUA NSOWAA, AKOSUA AMPONSAH
(FOR HERSELF AND ON BEHALF OF ATTA KWADWO AND ATAA ADWOA) AND KWAKU NSIAH
(CUSTOMARY SUCCESSOR OF KOFI AMPONSAH AND KWADWO TIWAAH)<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>TOAYIRI BAMBA AND HAJIA MAMAA<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDNETS)<o:p></o:p>[ COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/08/15&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 16TH APRIL, 2015<o:p></o:p>

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E.
K. AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA, IRENE C. LARBI (MRS.) JA, I. O. TANKO AMADU JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>AYEBI,
JA<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal from the judgment of the Wenchi High Court dated 3rd
June 2013 by the plaintiff. <o:p></o:p>The
disputed house No.C78 (now B7/2), Wenchi it is agreed was originally owned by
Seidu Menje alias Seidu Banda alias Asiedu Menje. The first plaintiff described
herself as a niece of Kofi Amponsah whose biological children are the second plaintiff
and her siblings.&nbsp; The third plaintiff is
identified as the current customary successor of Kofi Amponsah.&nbsp; It is the case of the plaintiffs that Kofi
Amponsah in his lifetime bought the disputed house from Seidu Menje in December
1951. But the defendants are laying adverse claim to the house, hence the suit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
claim of the plaintiffs at the trial court is for:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
declaration of title, ownership and recovery of possession of H/No.C78 (now
B7/2) Zongo/Wenchi which said property the defendants are laying adverse claim
to<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General
damages for trespass<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order of perpetual injunction to restrain the defendants, their agents, assigns
etc from laying adverse claim to the disputed property.<o:p></o:p>The defendants identified themselves with Seidu
Menje as their great grand uncle. In their statement of defence they denied
that their great grand uncle ever sold the house to Kofi Amponsah.&nbsp; It is their case that Seidu Menje only pledged
a portion of the house to Kofi Amponsah for an amount of £1. The defendants
therefore counter-claimed for: <o:p></o:p>“a.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration of title to all that H/No.C78
now B7/2, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>Zongo, Wenchi, part of which the defendants
predecessor Opanin Seidu Menje alias Seidu Banda aka Aseidu Menje pledged to
the plaintiffs’ predecessor Op. Kofi Amponsah (his tenant) in or around 1952 to
defray a debt (financial assistance) of £1 which he owed to Op. Amponsah but
which debt has been defray with rents collected by Op. Amponsah from the portion
pledged to him (7 store rooms and 4 bedrooms)<o:p></o:p>