[2016]DLHC11966 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">EMMANUEL NII KLU ADJEI<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">EMELIA NYARKO & 2 ORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA (LAND DIVISION) ]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. FAL/144/15 DATE: 18</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">TH </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">APRIL 2016<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;tab-stops:286.5pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">SAMUEL BOSOMPIM FOR THE PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">REBECCA N. S. SITTIE (MRS)<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm; margin-left: 5pt; margin-right: 5.8pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:1.05pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:6.1pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">Plaintiff issued a Writ of Summons and Statement of Claim against the Defendants on 17<sup>th</sup> November 2014 for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.6pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:41.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";letter-spacing:-.05pt">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Declaration of title to all that piece or parcel of land situate and lying<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>and being at Teshie, Accra and containing an approximate area of 1.841 acres more or less bounded on the North-East by a proposed road measuring 189.9 feet more or less on the North-West by a proposed road measuring 343.0 feet more or less on the South-East by a proposed road measuring 342.89 feet more or less on the South-West by Stool land measuring 186.9 feet more or less.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify; line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:41.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";letter-spacing:-.05pt">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Recovery<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> possession.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:41.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";letter-spacing:-.05pt">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Perpetual injunction restraining the Defendants, agents, servants, workmen etc. from interfering with his peaceful enjoyment of his <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">property.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-align:justify; line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:41.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";letter-spacing:-.05pt">4.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Any<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt"> </span>other<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>relief<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>court<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>may<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>deem<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">fit.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.85pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">Defendants entered Appearance on the 24<sup>th</sup> November 2014 through Emmanuel<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>Baffour-Yeboah,<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>but<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>failed<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>file<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>Statement<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>Defence Plaintiff file a motion for judgment in default of defence on the 31<sup>st</sup> December 2014. Interlocutory judgment in default of defence was entered in favour of Plaintiff on 17<sup>th</sup> March 2015, and the case was adjourned to 7- 8<sup>th</sup> May for the Plaintiff to prove his case as per the decision of the Court of Appeal<span style="letter-spacing:2.3pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:2.35pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.35pt"> </span>case<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:2.45pt"> </span><b>CONCA<span style="letter-spacing:2.25pt"> </span>ENGINEERING<span style="letter-spacing:2.4pt"> </span>VRS<span style="letter-spacing:2.35pt"> </span>MOSES<span style="letter-spacing:2.35pt"> </span>[1984-86]<span style="letter-spacing: 2.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">GLR</span></b><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.65pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span lang="EN-US" styl