ATTAH BEMPAH vs. DANIEL AGYAPONG [2016]DLHC3579

Date	2016-03-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO..IRL/451/2009
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC3579

HIS LORDSHIP ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

[2016]DLHC3579
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">ATTAH BEMPAH<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>DANIEL AGYAPONG<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL
DIVISION), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT
NO..IRL/451/2009&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;DATE: 18TH MARCH, 2016 <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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HIS LORDSHIP ERIC KYEI BAFFOUR JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGEMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>Plaintiff in a writ issued on the 22/7/2009 sought the
following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration of title to all that&nbsp; piece or parcel of land containing an area of
0.32 acres more or less lying being and situate at North Gbawe, Accra that is
known and called Plots Nos 202 and 204 (Sector B) that is bounded on the north
by Plot Nos 201 and 203 measuring on that side 140 feet more or less and on the
east by plots 206 measuring on that side 100 feet more or less and on the south
by a proposed road measuring on that side 110 feet more or less and on the
south west and on the west by a proposed road measuring on that side 115 feet
more or less which piece and parcel of land is delineated and marked with red
on the site plan dated 31/07/96 attached to the indenture<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A further declaration that the defendant’s action of
erecting a building on the said land without the plaintiff’s permission or
consent amounts to trespass on same.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery of possession from the defendant of the
portion of the said parcel of land trespassed on by the defendant.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery from the defendant the sum of Gh¢3.600.00
plus interest from the date defendant received same from the said tenants till
date of final payment being advance for rent paid by tenants to the defendant
in respect of stores they occupy on the said land.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages against the defendant for trespass.<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">f.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Perpetual
injunction restraining the defendant, his agents, assigns workmen or any person
claiming by, through or for the defendant from entering, building on, or
interfering in any way with the plaintiff’s use, quiet enjoyment and possession
of the piece or parcel of land the subject matter of this suit.<o:p></o:p>The thirteen paragraphed statement of claim that
accompanied the writ can be summarized as follows: that by means of an indenture
between the plaintiff and one Nii Adam Quartey, of the Gbawe Kwatei family he
acquired two plots of land. Defendant who was once a friend of the plaintiff
has without his consent erected a building on a portion of the land and has
also collected an amount of Gh¢3.600 from the tenants of the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>