[2016]DLHC17414 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">ALHAJI MASSOUD MAIGA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><i><span 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"">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:center 238.75pt 244.25pt left 271.5pt 290.25pt"><b><span 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="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">THEOPHILUS MENSAH, ERIC OKINE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:center 236.25pt left 299.25pt"><i><span 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"">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span 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]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:168.75pt 278.15pt 305.25pt"><span 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""> <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: 0in 0in 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span 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/223/13 DATE: 30<sup>TH</sup> NOVEMBER, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:96.25pt center 244.25pt left 267.0pt 318.75pt 415.5pt"><b><span 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: black; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">RICHMOND NUMBO SAAKA ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:143.25pt 171.75pt 4.0in"><b><span 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="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan; text-autospace:ideograph-numeric ideograph-other"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU<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 0in; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="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:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><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""> JUDGMENT <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:7.05pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The plaintiff commenced the instant action on 18th December, 2012 by filing<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>writ<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>summons<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>statement<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>claim against<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>defendants for<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:13.8pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:58.9pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3; tab-stops:79.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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"">(i)<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">A<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>declaration<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>title<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>favour<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>all<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>piece<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>or parcel of land known, situate, being and lying at South Nmai-Dzorn,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Tema<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Rural<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Area<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Greater<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Accra<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Region<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>of the Republic of Ghana containing approximate area of 0.18 acre and bounded on the North East by Lessor’s Land measuring 101.3 feet more or less, on the South West by Lessor’s Land measuring 100.9 feet more or less, on the North<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>West<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Lessor’s<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Land<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>measuring<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>60.1<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>feet