[2016]DLCA4883 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0">ZEINABU MOHAMMED AND MUJEED MOHAMMED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">(</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0;mso-no-proof:yes">ADISA BOYA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-no-proof:yes">(</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-no-proof:yes">[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">CIVIL APPEAL NO. NO: H1/4/2016 TUESDAY, 7<sup>TH</sup> JUNE 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">BRIGHT OBENG- MANU FOR DEFT/APPELLANT <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">JUDITH ADUSEI FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">E. K. AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA, GERTRUDE TORKORNOO (MRS.), JA, ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;border-right:none; padding:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">AYEBI, JA<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:49.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">On 15<sup>th</sup> August 2011, the plaintiff/respondent (hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff) sued the defendants/appellants (referred to as defendants simply in this judgment) for:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:103.5pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-27.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops: 49.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(a)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Declaration of title to and recovery of possession of all that plot No.2 Block “U”, Ayigya-Kumasi.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:103.5pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-27.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops: 49.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(b)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">An order of perpetual injunction and general damages for trespass.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:103.5pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-27.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops: 49.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(c)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Any appropriate reliefs in the circumstance of this case.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:49.5pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-31.5pt;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;tab-stops: 49.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Upon the service on the defendants the writ of summons with statement of claim, they in their statement of defence denied the claim of the plaintiff and counter-claimed simply for:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.5in;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops: 49.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Bookman Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:"Bookman Old Style"">(a)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">An order for perpetual injunction restraining the plaintiff, her agents and assigns from having anything to do with the land in dispute.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:1.5in;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops: 49.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Bookman Old Style";mso-bidi-font-family:"Bookman Old Style"">(b)<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="fo