THE SACRED ORDER OF THE SILENT BROTHERHOOD vs. MRS ALICE OSAE KWAPONG AND NANA OFFEI (ALIAS MR. BROWN) [2016]DLCA4686

THE SACRED ORDER OF THE SILENT BROTHERHOOD vs. MRS ALICE OSAE KWAPONG AND NANA... [2016]DLCA4686

Date	2016-04-27
Suit No.	SUIT NO: H1/08/2016
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA4686

ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING)

SOWAH J.A.

MENSAH J.A.

KOFI ASIAMA SAMPONG FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

PETER KWAKU NTI FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS

[2016]DLCA4686
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color:#00B0F0">THE SACRED ORDER OF THE SILENT BROTHERHOOD<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B0F0">MRS ALICE OSAE KWAPONG AND NANA OFFEI (ALIAS MR. BROWN)<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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APRIL, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KOFI ASIAMA SAMPONG FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>ADJEI
J.A. (PRESIDING), SOWAH J.A., MENSAH J.A. <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>SOWAH,
J.A:<o:p></o:p>This
is an appeal from the decision of the Circuit Court, Akropong-Akwapim dated 25th
July 2013, in which judgment was entered for the plaintiff and the counterclaim
of the defendants' were dismissed.<o:p></o:p>Facts<o:p></o:p>The
background facts of this case as extracted from the pleadings and the evidence
adduced at the trial are as follows: Sometime in 1999, Mrs Alice Osae Kwapong [the
1st defendant at the trial court and the 1st appellant in this
appeal] made a complaint to the Akuapem Traditional Administration regarding a
parcel of land situate at Akropong, Akuapem
which she claimed belonged to her Kwasi Katakyie family within the Aboasa clan.
She alleged that the Aboasahene without the family’s knowledge and consent had
allocated a portion of her family land to a church and school organization [the
plaintiff at the trial, and the respondent herein]. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>A
committee chaired by Nana Apesemaka heard the complaint and published its
decision in May 1999. They found that the late Aboasahene had acted improperly
in making a gift of land belonging to the 1st defendant’s family to the plaintiff
without first informing the family. It recommended that the land be re-apportioned
and for the plaintiff to negotiate a sum to pay to the 1st defendants’
family.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Not
satisfied with this decision, the plaintiff says it appealed to the Omanhene
Nana Addo Dankwa who found that the panel had not been properly constituted and
set aside its decision. On the other hand, the 1st defendant says she was
invited by the Traditional Administration but when she realized that it was
over the same disputed land for which an award had already been made, she
declined to participate. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In
January 2002, the 1st defendant caused to be published in the Daily Graphic
Newspaper a Statutory Declaration of title to land said to measure 21.32 acres,
and requested that any person claiming interest in the said land submit their
particulars of interest to the Regional Lands Officer. The plaintiff responded,
relying on two indentures duly stamped and registered in 1977 and 1985 respectively
and made between the then Aboasahene Nana Wereko Ampoma III as grantor and the
late Emmanuel Opoku-Pare, as well as a Vesting Assent by which the executors of
the Will of Emml Opoku-Pare transferred title in the land to the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On
23rd January 2004, the plaintiff issued</main>