CEPHAS OKUONU ADDO (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. KOIWAH INVESTMENT CO. LTD., BISINA BORTEY & ORS., ANTHONY ODAI & ORS. AND LOMOTEY BORTIER & ORS. [2016]DLCA5057

CEPHAS OKUONU ADDO (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. KOIWAH INVESTMENT CO. LTD., BISINA... [2016]DLCA5057

Date	2016-07-14
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/56/2016
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA5057

KUSI-APPIAH (J.A). – PRESIDING

ADUAMA OSEI (J.A.)

KWOFIE (J.A.)

MR. W. BABA AVIO FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

MR. S. M. ASANTE FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2016]DLCA5057
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CEPHAS OKUONU ADDO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KOIWAH INVESTMENT CO. LTD., BISINA BORTEY &amp; ORS., ANTHONY
ODAI &amp; ORS. AND LOMOTEY BORTIER &amp; ORS.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/56/2016 &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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 14TH
JULY, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MR. W. BABA AVIO FOR THE
DEFENDANT/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.
S. M. ASANTE FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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KUSI-APPIAH (J.A). – PRESIDING, ADUAMA OSEI
(J.A.), KWOFIE (J.A.)<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>KUSI-APPIAH, ( J.A.):&nbsp;
The respondent to this appeal, Cephas Okuonu Addo
substituted by J. B. Bortey (hereinafter called the Plaintiff) brought an
action at the High Court, Accra against the Appellants herein, Koiwah
Investment Company Limited and three others (hereinafter called the Defendants)
jointly and severally for declaration of title to a piece or parcel of land
lying and being at Baatsonaa in the Greater Accra Region covering an approximate
area of 80.26 acres.<o:p></o:p>In his
statement of claim, the plaintiff pleaded that he was bringing the action for
himself and on behalf of the late Edward Annan Addo family of Nungua.&nbsp; Apart from the declaration, he also sought
recovery of possession of the said land, general damages for trespass and an
order for perpetual injunction against the defendants and their privies.<o:p></o:p>The
facts which gave to the case are as follows:&nbsp;
The plaintiff who describes himself as the Head and lawful
representative of the family of the late Edward Annan Addo of Nungua claimed
(per his statement of claim) that by a Deed of a Gift dated the 26th
day of August, 1960, and numbered at Lands Department as No. AC 7339/60, ALL
that piece or parcel of land more particularly described in the indorsement to
the writ was granted to the said Edward Annan Addo and his brothers forever by
the Nungua Stool.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff in his evidence stated that on the death of their sister in 1993, the
family discovered a site plan that covered the 80 acres of land in the name of
his late brother Edward Annan Addo.&nbsp; That
upon a search at the Lands Commission it came out that a deed of gift was
executed on 26th August, 1960 by Nii Odai Ayiku (IV), Chief/Mantse
of Nungua in favour of his late brother E.A. Addo and Brothers on the said 80
acres of land.<o:p></o:p>Thereafter,
the plaintiff and his family went into possession by granting parts of the said
land to various grantees for farming and residential purposes.<o:p></o:p>It is
the case of the plaintiff that the defendants have trespassed on portions of
the said land and developed residential houses or estates thereon.&nbsp; That the 2nd, 3rd and 4th
defendants are wantonly selling portions of the land to developers without the
authority or consent of the plaintiff. The plaintiff contended that all
attempts by the plaintiff and his family to stop the acts of trespass by the
defendants have p</main>