MADAM AKOSUA BARNIE vs. THE MO TRATIONAL COUNCIL -PER THE OMANHENE E. K. MANU @ CHUPA [2016]DLCA7982

MADAM AKOSUA BARNIE vs. THE MO TRATIONAL COUNCIL -PER THE OMANHENE E. K. MANU @... [2016]DLCA7982

Date	2016-04-13
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.NO: H1/68/2014
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA7982

E. K. AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA

GERTRUDE TORKORNOO

(MRS.) JA

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA

[2016]DLCA7982
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MADAM
AKOSUA BARNIE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE MO
TRATIONAL COUNCIL -PER THE OMANHENE E. K. MANU @ CHUPA<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/
RESPONDENT)<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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NO.NO: H1/68/2014&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 13TH
APRIL, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>CORAM: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>E. K. AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA, GERTRUDE TORKORNOO,
(MRS.) JA, ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>AYEBI, JA<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This is an appeal against
the judgment of a Sunyani High Court dated 27th March 2013.&nbsp; At the trial, the plaintiff/appellant, herein
called the plaintiff, endorsed her writ of summons with the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A
declaration of title and recovery of possession of all that piece of land
situate at Kyeremankoma on the Asumansia stool land, a subservient stool of
Nkoranza Stool known as Plot No. 9 Block “D”, Sector 7, Kintampo bounded by the
Kintampo-Tamale motor road and on the three other sides by the lanes more
particularly delineated on the site plan, a copy of which is herewith attached.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages
for trespass<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order for perpetual injunction restraining the defendant, its agents, servants,
workmen etc. from interfering or otherwise with the said land.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The case put up by the
plaintiff in support of her claim is that in 1996 her late brother Kwasi Appiah
acquired Plot No.9, Block “D” Sector 7 situate at Kintampo from Asumansia Stool
to put up a hotel.&nbsp; But in 2001, Kwasi
Appiah died.&nbsp; Kwame Badu, the customary
successor was granted letters of administration.&nbsp; In consideration of the assistance she gave
her late brother in his life time, the family gifted the plot to her upon the
condition that she puts up the hotel in memory of her late brother.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
In her bid to fulfill the
condition attached to the gift, the plaintiff said she registered the business
name APPIAH MEMORIAL HOTEL.&nbsp; She then
caused a caterpillar (bulldozer) to level the site and moulded 10,000 blocks of
5 inches dimension, all at substantial cost.&nbsp;
She also engaged labourers to dig a foundation for a fence wall at the
cost of GH¢400.00.&nbsp; The plaintiff said
she sued the defendant because its Omanhene has entered the land, destroyed her
blocks on the land, caused the foundation trench to be filled up and has
actually prevented her from developing the site into a hotel by force of arms.<o:p></o:p>