[2016]DLHC7642 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">YAW OWUSU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:center 234.0pt left 276.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" 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"; color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="margin-left:2.85pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">BUILDAF COMPANY, ANGELINA ATTIPOE, ADVANCE VENTURE AND LANDS COMMISSION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:2.85pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">[HIGH COURT (FINANCIAL & ECONOMIC DIVISION 2), ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">SUIT NO. FAL 3/2011 </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> DATE: 14<sup>TH</sup> OCTOBER, 2016</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">MR. BOB SENYALAH FOR THE PLAINITFF <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">MR. ENOH-AMA ANDOH FOR THE 1<sup>ST </sup>AND 2<sup>ND </sup>DEFENDANTS </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">MR. ABU JUAN FOR THE 3<sup>RD </sup>DEFENDANT </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">MRS. JOYCE ATTA GYAMFI FOR THE 4<sup>TH </sup>DEFENDANT </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" 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"">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE AFIA SERWAH ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.) <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="Standard" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">This suit commenced with the issuance of a writ of summons and statement of claim on the 26<sup>th </sup>July, 2011. The writ was renewed by order of this Court. Eventually, the Plaintiff’s claims were amended, by leave of the court, to read as follows;</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Standard" style="margin-top:11.5pt;margin-right:.45pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">a) A declaration of title to all that pieces of land contained in the schedule below including the disputed land.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Standard" style="margin-top:19.9pt;margin-right:287.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">b) Recovery of possession</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Standard" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="Standard" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-.2pt;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">c) An order setting aside the said transaction in favour of the 1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd</sup></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> and 3<sup>rd </sup>Defendants as void.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Standard" style="margin-top:19.9pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">d) An order directed at the 4<sup>th </sup>Defendant to expunge from its records the said transaction in favour of the 1<sup>st</sup>, 2<sup>nd </sup>and 3<sup>rd </sup>Defendants or anything incidental thereto.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Standard" style="margin-top:20.15pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">e) Damages for wrongful dealings with the Plaintiff’s land at the 4<sup>th</sup></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> Defendant Commission.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Standard" style="margin-top:20.15pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">f) An order of perpetual injunction restraining the Defendants from in any way interfering with the Plaintiff’s land based on the said transactions.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Standard" style="margin-top:19.9pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height: 115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">g) Co</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">s</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">ts</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Standard" style="margin-top:36.0pt;margin-right:78.7pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">SCHEDULE OF PLAINTIFF’S LAND REFERRED TO ABOVE</span></u></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Standard" style="margin-top:11.75pt;margin-right:-.2pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ALL THAT PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND situate lying and being at NMAI DZORN in TESHIE- ACCRA and containing an approximate area of 1.98 Acres or 0.80 Hectares more or less and bounded on the North East by Proposed Road measuring 431’-9 feet more or less on the SOUTH-EAST by Lessor’s Land measuring 200’-3 feet more or less on the SOUTH-WEST by a Land measuring 422’-4 feet more or less on the NORTH-WEST by Lessor’s Land measuring 205’-1 feet more or less which said piece or parcel of land is more particularly delineated on the Plan attached to the Indenture first above mentioned.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="Standard" style="margin-top:36.2pt;text-align:justify"><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">THE CASE OF THE PARTIES <o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="Standard" style="margin-top:6.0p