MAAME AKOSUA KORDIE vs. KOMFO SERWAAH AND NANA KWASI [2016]DLCA5298

Date	2016-10-19
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/66/2016
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA5298

E. K. AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA

GERTRUDE TORKORNOO (MRS.) JA

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA

MS. CYNTHIA MARTINSON FOR PLFF/APPELLANTS

MR. ISAAC KANKAM FOR DEFS/RESPONDENTS

[2016]DLCA5298
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MAAME AKOSUA KORDIE <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>KOMFO SERWAAH AND NANA KWASI <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/
RESPONDENTS)<o:p></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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CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/66/2016&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;DATE: 19TH
OCTOBER, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MS.
CYNTHIA MARTINSON FOR PLFF/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
ISAAC KANKAM FOR DEFS/RESPONDENTS <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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E.
K. AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA, GERTRUDE TORKORNOO (MRS.) JA, ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH
(MRS.) JA<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>AYEBI,
JA<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
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&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The plaintiff/appellant is a farmer
resident at Apitisu No.1 on Bekwai Stool Land.&nbsp;
1st defendant respondent is a traditional priestess resident
at Bekwai-Fawoman.&nbsp; The 2nd
defendant/respondent is the son of the 1st
defendant/respondent.&nbsp; He is also a farmer
resident at Apitisu No.1.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The subject-matter of the suit is a piece
of land which the plaintiff/respondent stated is situated at Cheburo-Apitisu
and bounded by the properties of Kojo Amoako, Mame Gyamfua, Komfo Serwaah and
Yaw Fosu.&nbsp; It is plaintiff’s case that
her granduncles by name Adgya and Adade broke a virgin forest and demarcated a
portion of it to her grandmother, Maame Dufie.&nbsp;
Her mother Afua Amankwaa succeeded her grandmother and when her mother
died, she and her siblings have cultivated the land with foodstuffs and cocoa
for over forty years without any disturbance from any quarters.&nbsp; She said since all her siblings are dead she
is the sole owner of the land.<o:p></o:p>When
she fell sick the plaintiff said her children have been cultivating the
land.&nbsp; But 2nd defendant
trespassed on the land himself and by granting portions to third parties.&nbsp; Her complaint to Nana Adwaahene was
unattended to because 2nd defendant was his relative.&nbsp; A further complaint by the 2nd
defendant to the Bekwaihene was not pursued by the defendants.<o:p></o:p>Plaintiff
disclosed that she once cultivated a cocoa farm on 1st defenant’s
land on “abunu” basis.&nbsp; That farm has
been accordingly shared between them and they each occupy their portions.&nbsp; But the land she claims from the defendants
is separate and different from any of the abunu portions.&nbsp; She maintained that the defendants no longer
have a secondary forest in the area but have trespassed onto hers because she
shares boundary with 1st defendant, hence her suit against them
claiming;<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration of title to all that piece
of land situated at Cheburo-Apitisu bounded by the properties of Maame Gyamfua,
Kojo Amoako, Komfo Serwaah and Yaw Fosu<o:p></o:p>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery of possession of the said piece
of land.<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General damages<o:p></o:p>