ELIZABETH ABBAN ASHONG vs. NARTEY KOBLAH [2016]DLHC17418

Date	2016-10-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. APL/4/14
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC17418

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWABENA ASUMAN-ADU

SAMMY O. TAY ESQ.

K. ADJEI-LARTEY ESQ.

[2016]DLHC17418
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ELIZABETH ABBAN ASHONG<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NARTEY KOBLAH<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<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: 0in;">

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SUIT NO. APL/4/14&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: 28TH OCTOBER, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL&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; &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; <o:p></o: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: 0in;">

SAMMY O. TAY ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

K. ADJEI-LARTEY ESQ. FOR DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM&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; <o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE KWABENA
ASUMAN-ADU<o:p></o: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: 0in;">

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solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; JUDGMENT <o:p></o:p>

</div>Plaintiff/appellant
hereinafter known as the plaintiff commenced the instant action against the defendant/respondent
hereinafter known as the defendant at the District
Court, Amasaman praying
that court for an order
for the defendant to return
to her the Kofi Tsuru Family Indenture on its land she gave to him for
which he has refused to return to her in spite of repeated demands.<o:p></o:p>The
District Court went through full trial of the case and delivered its judgment on 30th August,
2013 in favour of the defendant. The plaintiff
being dissatisfied with the said judgment has appealed to this court for
variation of the said judgment.<o:p></o:p>Brief
facts of the case are that both the plaintiff and the defendant are second
cousins and both belong to the Tetteh Kofi Family of Obeyeyie. The plaintiff
avers that the family had a vast land at Obeyeyie which has
been documented by Statutory Declaration deposited at Lands Commission. The
plaintiff was informed of this vast land by Numo Tei Aryee who was the
customary successor of plaintiff’s father who died in 1974. Before the death of
Numo Tei Aryee in 2009 he informed plaintiff of the said document deposited at
the Lands Commission.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiff contends
that being a woman she collected the documents from Lands Commission in the