[2016]DLHC17110 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><a name="_Hlk152146143"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">ALBERT OWUSU-ANTWI<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">SIMAVI COMPANY LIMITED<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">AND<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">ANDREW KWAME OCLOO<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">OWUSU ANTWI<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:168.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua""> </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;line-height:115%;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">SUIT N0. IRL 293/09 SUIT NO. FAL 157/11 DATE: 26<sup>TH</sup> JULY 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">COUNSEL<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">CHARLES KUSI ESQUIRE FOR PLAINTIFF IN CASE A AND <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">DEFENDANT IN CASE B<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">CHRISTOPHER ARCHER ESQUIRE FOR DEFENDANT IN CASE A<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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">EDDIE McCARTHY ESQUIRE FOR GODWIN DZOKOTO ESQUIRE FOR PLAINTIFF IN CASE B<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">HER LADYSHIP MRS. ELIZABETH ANKUMAH J<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:5.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.65pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:5.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">This is a consolidated suit. Suit numbered IRL 293/09 will be referred to as Suit A and FAL 157/11 as Suit B. By the plaintiff’s writ of summons in Suit A filed on 5<span style="position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">th<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span></span>May 2009, which was amended on 22<span style="position:relative;top:-5.0pt;mso-text-raise:5.0pt">nd<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span></span>December 2011, he claims against Simavi Company Limited the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.65pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:5.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:5.7pt;line-height:115%; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo7;tab-stops:40.9pt 41.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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"">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Declaration<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>title to<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>all<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>piece<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>parcel<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>land<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>situate<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>lying<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>at Martey Tsuru, Accra containing an approximate area of 1.365<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>acres or 0.553 hectares more or less bounded on the North West by proposed road measuring 126 feet and 143 feet more or less<span style="letter-spacing:4.0pt"> </span>on the North East by a proposed road measuring 202 feet more or less on the South East by proposed road measuring 237 feet more or less and on the South West by lessors land measuring 251 feet more or less.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-right:5.75pt;line-height:115%; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo7;tab-stops:40.9pt 41.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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"">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">An order for cancellation of Land Certificate No. GA26740 standing in the name of defendant as having been procured by mistake as being without the consent of the true owners, the plaintiff’s <span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">grantors.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:40.9pt;text-indent:-17.9pt; line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo7;tab-stops:40.9pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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"">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: