NII LANTE LAMPTEY vs. R.O. LAMPTEY, NII TEIKO OKAI AND F.K.A. COMPANY LIMITED [2015]DLCA8046

Date	2015-02-12
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/242/2013
Citation No.	[2015]DLCA8046

MARIAMA OWUSU JA (PRESIDING)

ADUAMA OSEI JA

SOWAH (MRS.) JA

MR. OSEI YAW OWUSU FOR 3RD APPELLANT

MR. FRANCIS GARIBA APAM FOR RESPONDENT

[2015]DLCA8046
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NII
LANTE LAMPTEY<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/
RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>R.O. LAMPTEY, NII TEIKO OKAI
AND F.K.A. COMPANY LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS)<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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CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/242/2013&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;DATE: 12TH FEBRUARY, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. OSEI YAW OWUSU FOR 3RD 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. FRANCIS GARIBA
APAM 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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MARIAMA OWUSU JA (PRESIDING), ADUAMA
OSEI JA, SOWAH (MRS.)&nbsp; JA<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>ADUAMA OSEI<o:p></o:p>In
this judgment, the Plaintiff/Respondent will be called “the Plaintiff”, and the
Defendants/Appellants will be called “the
Defendants”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
writ of summons that commenced the suit was issued in the High Court on 31st
May, 2007. The parties to the suit amended their processes several times and by
the last of his amendments, the Plaintiff, as Head of the Lante Okunka Family
of Danchira, claimed against the 1st, 2nd and 3rd
Defendants jointly and severally as follows:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“(a) Declaration of title to a
parcel of land [known as Danchira land] situate lying and being at Danchira in
the Ga District of the Greater Accra Region of the Republic of Ghana and
bounded on the North by Adaimbra Hill and bounded on the South by Amanfro
lands; and bounded on the East by Banyebi Pond, Djoma and Afuaman; and bounded
on the West by Akim Abuakwa land and the Honi Stream and covering a total area
of <st1:metricconverter productid="13,774 acres" w:st="on">13,774 acres</st1:metricconverter>
more or less.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“(b) General damages for
trespass.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“(c) Perpetual injunction
restraining the Defendants, their agents, assigns, privies, workmen, servants
and all people claiming through them from entering and dealing in any manner
with Plaintiff’s family land the subject matter of this suit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“(d) An order declaring any
purported registration of Plaintiff’s family land [Danchira land] by the
Defendants family at Lands Commission and Land Title Registry null and void.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“(e) An order directing Lands
Commission and Land Title to lapse and or expunge from its records any
purported registration of Plaintiff’s family land the subject matter of this
suit by the Defendants in their family name – Nii Djan Bi Amu family.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>“(f) Recovery of possession of
any portion of Danchira land encroached on by the 1st, 2nd
and 3rd Defendants.”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
writ of summons had initially been issued against R.O. Odartei as Head of the
Nii Djan-Bi Amu Family. Subsequently, however, with leave obtained by him, the
Plaintiff had joined Nii Teiko Okai as 2nd Defendant. The 3rd
Defendant company had been joined as a party on its own application in which it
had alleged that the suit affected its interests and fortunes. The last of the
amendments effected to the writ of summons disclosed R.O. Lamptey as the 1st
Defendant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Upon
being joined as a party, the 3rd Defendant filed a statement of defence
and counterclaim which, by its last amendment, claimed reliefs against the
Plaintiff and the 1st Defendant jointly and severally as follows:<o:p></o:p>