DR. EKOW AKYEAMPONG vs. MADAM ABENA ATAA AND AKWASI TAWIAH [2015]DLHC8480

Date	2015-07-07
Suit No.	SUIT NO. C1/21/13
Citation No.	[2015]DLHC8480

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON

REVEREND FATHER ADU-OWUSU AGYEMANG FOR THE PLAINTIFF

EBENEZER KWASI BOAITEY FOR THE DEFENDANTS

[2015]DLHC8480
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DR. EKOW
AKYEAMPONG<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MADAM ABENA ATAA AND AKWASI TAWIAH<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. C1/21/13&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
7TH JULY, 2015<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>REVEREND
FATHER ADU-OWUSU AGYEMANG FOR THE PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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EBENEZER
KWASI BOAITEY 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 JUSTICE JACOB B. BOON<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>The
plaintiff, Dr. EkowAkyeampong, described himself as a retired agronomist. He
asserted in this action that he bought a parcel of land from the chief of Toase
in 1991but the defendants, who are natives of Toase,are unlawfully farming on
it. Hetherefore instituted the instant action claiming the following reliefs
against the defendants:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(1)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration
of title and ownership to twenty(20) acres of land being bounded on all sides
by the properties of Toase Medical Centre, a lorry park, Kumasi-Bibiani road
and a teak plantation.<o:p></o:p>(2)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery
of possession<o:p></o:p>(3)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages
for trespass<o:p></o:p>(4)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;
Perpetual
injunction to restrain the Defendants, their agents, workmen and assigns from
entering the land.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According
to him, he was issued with an allocation paper and site plan in 1999 in respect
of the property which measures up to twenty (20) acres, subsequent upon which a
lease was executed between him and YimAwere Stool of Toase, confirmed by the
Asantehene,&nbsp; dated 8th April,
2003 with title No. 19488, Serial No. 57/2003. The lease is in evidence as
exhibit ‘C’. Photocopies of the allocation paper and site plan were also tendered
in evidence as exhibits ‘A’ and ‘B’ respectively, subject to the condition that
the originals of both documents would be produced later for the inspection of
the court and the lawyer for the defendants. This was as a result of an
objection by counsel for the defendants to the tendering of photocopies of the
documents instead of the originals. However, in the course of the trial, the plaintiff
failed and/or refused to produce the originals in terms of his undertaking with
the Court. Regarding the site plan, an attempt by the plaintiff to again tender
the same document was rejected and marked by the Court as such upon an objection
by the l</main>