COMFORT OFORIWAAH vs. NANA FE BAMOAH [2016]DLHC3770

Date	2016-07-18
Suit No.	SUIT NO.TBFS/02/15
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC3770

ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS.) JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

NANA FREDUA AGYEMAN OSBON FOR PLAINTIFF.

PRECIOUS AIDOO FOR MARIAM AGYEMAN GYASI JAWHARY FOR DEFENDANT.

[2016]DLHC3770
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OFORIWAAH<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>NANA FE BAMOAH<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (COMMERCIAL DIVISION), KUMASI]<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.TBFS/02/15&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; &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 JULY, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>NANA
FREDUA AGYEMAN OSBON FOR PLAINTIFF. <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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PRECIOUS AIDOO FOR MARIAM AGYEMAN GYASI
JAWHARY FOR DEFENDANT. <o:p></o:p>

ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS.) JUSTICE OF
THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>This
land suit commenced&nbsp; on 01/03/2011 at the
High Court (General jurisdiction), Kumasi&nbsp;
but was transferred to this court under the hand of the Honourable Chief
Justice&nbsp; sometime in the&nbsp; 2015 legal year. The initial writ of summons
filed on 01/03/2011 was for an order for payment of the sum of GH¢100,000.00
being the total cost of the plaintiff's sandcrete building situate on plot No.
85 Asokwa and which was allegedly unlawfully demolished by the defendant
herein. The Plaintiff also sought to recover interest on the said amount.<o:p></o:p>On
16/6/15, the plaintiff filed an amended writ of summons and statement of claim
and added three reliefs, namely:<o:p></o:p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration of title and recovery of
possession of all that piece and parcel of building plot originally known as
Plot 85 Block B Asokwa - Kumasi which was sold to the plaintiff by the defendant's
predecessor in the year 1990 which defendant has trespassed on same and
demolished portions of plaintiff's building on same.<o:p></o:p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order of perpetual injunction
restraining the defendants, their assigns, privies, agents and all manner of
persons acting by them from trespassing, alienating, working and in any other
manner interfering with the plaintiff's ownership, possession and enjoyment
right of the property in dispute.<o:p></o:p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Costs.<o:p></o:p>The
defendant filed his&nbsp; statement of defence
on 31/03/11 to which the plaintiff&nbsp;
replied on 09/06/11. Pursuant to an order of the court dated 31/03/2014,
the defendant filed an amended statement of defence on 01/04/14.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;In view of the amendments filed, the issues
which the court set down for trial at the application for directions stage will
include other issues&nbsp; raised in the
pleadings. Therefore, the issues which will be determined by this court are:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Whether or not the defendant's predecessor sold the disputed plot to the
plaintiff?<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;