WIAMOASE S.D.A CHURCH PER ITS ELDERS: PAUL OPPONG & OR vs. MADAM AKOSUA AMPOMAH & OR [2015]DLHC8262

WIAMOASE S.D.A CHURCH PER ITS ELDERS: PAUL OPPONG & OR vs. MADAM AKOSUA AMPOMAH... [2015]DLHC8262

Date	2015-02-02
Suit No.	SUIT NO.C1/184/08
Citation No.	[2015]DLHC8262

HIS LORDSHIP MR. JACOB B. BOON

J. E. AMOAKO-KUSI FOR PLAINTIFF

WILLIAM KUSI FOR THE DEFENDANTS

[2015]DLHC8262
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >WIAMOASE S.D.A
CHURCH PER ITS ELDERS: PAUL OPPONG &amp; OR<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MADAM AKOSUA AMPOMAH &amp; OR<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, KUMASI]<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.C1/184/08&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 2ND
FEBRUARY, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>J.
E. AMOAKO-KUSI FOR PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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WILLIAM
KUSI FOR THE DEFENDANTS<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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HIS LORDSHIP MR. JACOB B. BOON<o:p></o:p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;
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</div>The plaintiff
is the Wiamoase branch of the Seventh Day Adventist Church which instituted
this action through two of it elders. By its amended writ of summons, filed on
14th June, 2012, the plaintiff claimed against the defendants (a) a
declaration of title and recovery of possession of a piece of land described to
be lying and situate at Ahyiresu, Wiamoase Zongo on Agona Wiamoase stool land
and bounded by the properties of the Defendants, Mr. Boateng, Yallow (Yaro
Kramo) and others, (b) Damages for trespass, (c) recovery of possession of:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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Ten
trips of sand<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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Five
trips of stone<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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2300
sandcrete blocks<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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2
Corner pillars and hedges around the disputed land or their Ghana Cedi
equivalent and, <o:p></o:p>(d) Perpetual
injunction against the defendants, their agents, servants, and privies from
interfering with plaintiff’s quiet enjoyment of the disputed property.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Both
defendants are natives of Wiamoase and boundary owners of the land occupied by
the plaintiff/church at Wiamoase.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According to
the plaintiff, in 1973, the then chief of Wiamoase, Nana Pim-Wusu Ansah II and
his elders, granted extension to the land it occupied at Wiamoase, and by that extension,
the total land area occupied by the church increased to about twelve acres. To
ward off trespassers, the plaintiff asserted that in 2003, the Chief and his
elders executed in its favour a statutory declaration and prepared a site plan
to cover the lands it occupied. Plaintiff averred it undertook various projects
on </main>