NANA AMPAH-ANDOH VII vs. PARAMOUNT STOOL OF BREMAN ESSIAM KOBINA MENSAH NANA OGYAMON ATWER II ENYAN DENYIRA STOOL BREMAN ESSIAM STOOL AJUMAKU STOOL [2016]DLCA8546

NANA AMPAH-ANDOH VII vs. PARAMOUNT STOOL OF BREMAN ESSIAM KOBINA MENSAH NANA OGY... [2016]DLCA8546

Date	2016-02-23
Suit No.	CIVIL SUIT NO.HI/42/2015
Citation No.	[2016]DLCA8546

HONYENUGA J.A. (PRESIDING)

GYAN J.A.

SUURBAAREH J.A

MR. AUTHUR-DADZIE FOR PLAINTIFF/1ST CLAIMANT AND 3RD CLAIMANT/ APPELLANTS

MR. MACBADJIE FOR CLAIMANT

2ND DEFENDANT AND CO-DEFENDANT/ RESPONDENTS.

[2016]DLCA8546
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA AMPAH-ANDOH VII<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>PARAMOUNT
STOOL OF BREMAN ESSIAM<o:p></o:p>(1ST DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>KOBINA MENSAH<o:p></o:p>(2ND
DEFENDANT.RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>NANA OGYAMON
ATWER II<o:p></o:p>(CO-DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>ENYAN DENYIRA STOOL<o:p></o:p>(1ST
CLAIMANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>BREMAN ESSIAM STOOL<o:p></o:p>(2ND
CLAIMANT-RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>AJUMAKU STOOL<o:p></o:p>(3RD
CLAIMANT-APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, CAPE
COAST]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
SUIT NO.HI/42/2015&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:
23RD FEBRUARY, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
AUTHUR-DADZIE FOR PLAINTIFF/1ST CLAIMANT AND 3RD
CLAIMANT/ 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.
MACBADJIE FOR CLAIMANT, 2ND DEFENDANT AND CO-DEFENDANT/ 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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HONYENUGA
J.A. (PRESIDING), GYAN J.A., SUURBAAREH J.A<o:p></o:p>

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</div>SAEED
K. GYAN, J.A<o:p></o:p>Having scoured the record, it may, with the utmost
respect, be observed, as a preface, that a combination of circumstances
involving the parties to the suit, Counsel in the case and the Court below
respecting the manner generally in which this matter had been dealt with in the
trial Court may have led to apparent mis-steps and unseemly legal or procedural
slips or errors that had unleashed a cauldron which had carried an otherwise
simple and ordinary&nbsp; case of alleged trespass to family land on a
roller coaster journey spanning an incredible Thirty-Nine (39) years and
finally landing it, as it were, in a legal quagmire and obvious quandary. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>I believe presenting a back ground and situating this
case in proper perspective may be in order. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On 13th July, 1977 Nana Ampa-Andoh Vii who
described himself as Twafohene of Enyam Denkyira for himself and on behalf of
his Nsona Stool family of Denkyira aforesaid sued the Paramount Chief of Essiam
and two others seeking a declaration of title to land he described as ANAPAA
land located at Enyan Denkyira; damages for trespass and an order of perpetual
injunction.&nbsp; The Plaintiff subsequently
amended the endorsement on the writ and his statement of claim. <o:p></o:p>