MAAME AKOSUA KORDIE vs. KOMFO SERWAAH AND NANA KWASI [2016]DLCA8438

Date	2016-10-19
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.NO: H1/66/2016
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA8438

E. K. AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA

GERTRUDE TORKORNOO (MRS.) JA

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA

MS. CYNTHIA MARTINSON FOR PLFF/APPELLANTS: PRESENT

MR. ISAAC KANKAM FOR DEFS/RESPONDENTS: PRESENT

[2016]DLCA8438
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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><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>KOMFO SERWAAH AND NANA KWASI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/
RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">[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.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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">DATE: <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">19TH <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">OCT, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MS. CYNTHIA MARTINSON FOR PLFF/APPELLANTS:&nbsp; PRESENT<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:&nbsp; PRESENT <o:p></o:p>

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><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&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 lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,serif;
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, </main>