KOFI ANSU AFARI vs.. BENARD YAW ASARE [2016]DLCA5169

Date	2016-05-04
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/34/2014
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA5169

E. K. AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA

GERTRUDE TORKORNOO (MRS.) JA

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA

[2016]DLCA5169
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOFI ANSU AFARI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs..<o:p></o:p>BENARD YAW ASARE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/34/2014&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: 4TH MAY, 2016<o:p></o:p>

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E.
K. AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA, GERTRUDE TORKORNOO (MRS.) JA, ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH
(MRS.) JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>AYEBI,
JA<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The parties in this suit were
unrepresented at the trial court.&nbsp; They
filed all processes and conducted their respective cases themselves.&nbsp; By an amended writ of summons, the plaintiff
claimed against the defendant/appellant:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
“A
declaration of title and recovery of possession of all that plot No. 126 Block
“A” Sector 3 situate and lying at Koraso near Dormaa Ahenkro and bounded by
Plot No. 125, 124, a lane and road which the defendant has trespassed upon and
making an adverse claim.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General
damages for trespass<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Five
thousand five hundred Ghana Cedis (5,500.00) being total expenses plaintiff had
incurred on the plot.<o:p></o:p>d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, his agents, assigns
and all member(sic) of persons acting by him trespassing and interfering with
plaintiff’s property.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Defendant in a statement of defence, denied
the claim of the plaintiff and counterclaimed for:<o:p></o:p>“(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration of title and recovery of
possession of all that plot No.126 Block “A” Section 3 situate and lying at
Dormaa Koraso and bounded by Plot Nos. 123, 124 and 126 is the bonafide
property of the defendant which is being encroached upon by the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>