[2016]DLHC17417 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:-2.5pt;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">CHUIM TAWIAH FAMILY PER AFLAH II<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:-2.5pt;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-right:-2.5pt;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-right:-2.5pt;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">AKOSUA ADDAI,</span></b> <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">LIBERTY KINGDOM MINISTRY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:-2.5pt;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-right:-2.5pt;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-right:-2.5pt;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: 0in; 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/436/15 DATE: 22<sup>ND</sup> DECEMBER, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-2.5pt;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: 0in; 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"">J. K. GYIMAH ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:-2.5pt;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-right:-2.5pt;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: 0in; 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-left:0in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>commenced<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>instant<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>action<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>19th<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>March,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>2015<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>filing writ of summons and statement of claim against defendants. However, pursuant to an order of this court the plaintiff filed an amended writ of summons on 4th August, 2016 claiming as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:18.15pt; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:61.0pt"><!--[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"">(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">A declaration of title to all that piece or parcel of land situate lying and being at Odorkor-Tsuim, Accra containing an approximate<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>area<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>0.40<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>acre<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>more<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>particularly<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>described in the statement of claim.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:61.0pt"><!--[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"">(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">Damages<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">trespass.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;line-height:115%;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:61.0pt"><!--[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"">(3)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-varia