KOFI KYEI YAMOAH-PONKOH & ORS. vs. ASOMDWE HOUSE COMPANY LIMITED [2016]DLHC3814

Date	2016-06-24
Suit No.	SUIT NO.IRL/10/11
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC3814

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

STEPHEN OPPONG FOR PLAINTIFFS.

HANSEN KODUAH FOR DEFENDANT.

[2016]DLHC3814
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">KOFI
KYEI YAMOAH-PONKOH &amp; ORS.<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>ASOMDWE HOUSE COMPANY LIMITED<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (LAND 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.IRL/10/11&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 24TH JUNE, 2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>STEPHEN
OPPONG FOR PLAINTIFFS.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ANGELINA MENSAH-HOMIAH (MRS.) JUSTICE OF
THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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

</div>The
subject matter of the instant suit is ownership of a shopping complex at
Anomangye-Nkwanta within the Kumasi Metropolis which has been the subject of
several previous actions. In this particular action, the three plaintiffs sued
for themselves and on behalf of 29 other shop owners claiming the reliefs as
set out below:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration
that the plaintiffs and for that matter the occupiers are the rightful owners
of the respective shops they occupy.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration
that any purported Tenancy Agreement &nbsp;executed
between the occupiers and the defendant or its predecessor is null and void.<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages<o:p></o:p>d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Any further order or other relief(s) as shall
be just in the circumstances of this case.<o:p></o:p>e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perpetual
Injunction restraining the defendant from in any way interfering with the
plaintiffs' right of quiet enjoyment.<o:p></o:p>THE PLAINTIFFS' CASE<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiffs' case as&nbsp; gleaned from their
statement of claim filed on 14/09/2010&nbsp;
is that&nbsp; prior to the construction
of the shopping complex in issue, some of them were trading in kiosks at the
same location. After some consultations between KMA, the school authorities and
the traders in the year 1998, it was agreed that these traders make
contributions to prefinance the construction of the stores; and after the
construction each trader was to be allocated&nbsp;
the stores that stand on the site they operated.&nbsp; The plaintiffs asserted that the initial occupants
were levied GH¢700.00; outsiders were levied GH¢900.00 and later on GH¢1,200.00
for some of the stores. It is also the plaintiffs case that it later came to
their notice that a group of people had clandestinely formed a company, GABBAT
CO. LTD, and had used that name to register the lease covering the land on
which the building stands. It also came out, according to them, that some of
their members who had been delegated to go to the Lands Commission to sort out
issues after the latter had ordered them "to stop work" are the</main>