KOJO BAAH (PLAINTIFF) vs. GHANA WATER COMPANY LIMITED AND CHINA GEZHOUBA COMPANY LIMITED (DEFENDANTS) [2016]DLHC7659

KOJO BAAH (PLAINTIFF) vs. GHANA WATER COMPANY LIMITED AND CHINA GEZHOUBA COMPANY... [2016]DLHC7659

Date	2016-06-29
Suit No.	SUIT NO. BMISC 377/2014
Citation No.	[2016]DLHC7659

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE AFIA SERWAH ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.)

MR. ROBERT PAPPOE FOR THE PLAINTIFF

MR. OSEI KWAKU FOR THE DEFENDANT WITH A LETTER PRAYING FOR AN

ADJOURNMENT TO A NEW DATE FOR JUDGMENT

[2016]DLHC7659
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOJO BAAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>GHANA WATER
COMPANY LIMITED AND CHINA GEZHOUBA COMPANY LIMITED<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT (FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC DIVISION 2), 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. BMISC 377/2014 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 29TH JUNE,
2016<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
ROBERT PAPPOE FOR THE PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
OSEI KWAKU FOR THE DEFENDANT WITH A LETTER PRAYING FOR AN ADJOURNMENT TO A NEW
DATE FOR JUDGMENT <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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HER
LADYSHIP JUSTICE AFIA SERWAH ASARE-BOTWE (MRS.) <o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>On the 10th of February, 2014, the
Plaintiff issued a writ of summons claiming against the defendants jointly and
severally for the following reliefs; <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.75pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">a) A declaration that the Defendant’s action
of siting pylons and high tension cables on and over Plaintiff’s property being
and situated at Wedukum near Dodowa without Plaintiff’s consent constitutes
trespass to Plaintiff’s property. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:19.9pt;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">b) A Declaration that the Defendant’s action
of siting pylons and high tension cables on and over Plaintiff’s property, an
area not acquired, marked and zoned for such purpose and their attendant health
risks constitutes nuisance to the Plaintiff and his family. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:19.9pt;margin-right:72.2pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">c) Damages for nuisance and or trespass to
Plaintiff’s land. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>d) Perpetual injunction on Defendants
workers, servants and agents preventing same from carrying out live operation
on the high tension cables over plaintiff’s property. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:28.05pt;margin-right:341.25pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">In the alternative <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.5pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">e) An Order for the Defendants to value and
purchase the property from the Plaintiff at the open market value. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:19.9pt;margin-right:234.95pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
none;border:none;mso-padding-alt:31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt 31.0pt;mso-border-shadow:
yes">f) Costs including solicitor’s cost. <o:p></o:p>It is not in question that the 1st Defendant
is a State-owned limited liability company responsible for the supply of water
to the urban public and that the 2nd Defendant is a Chinese company
which was contracted by the 1st Defendant for the construction of a
water treatment plant and other works for the Kpone water expansion project. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.75pt;margin-right:-.2pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
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yes">It is also uncontroverted that the Plaintiff
has duly acquired a piece of land at Wedukum near Dodowa on which he has
constructed a four-bedroom residential property into which he and his family
moved sometime in 2011. It is also uncontroverted that in the course of siting
high tension pylons and cables, part of the Plaintiff’s land was passed over by
cables. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:11.5pt;margin-right:.2pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
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yes">The matter substantially in contention is
whether, on the law and the evidence, the Defendants have trespassed onto the
Plaintiff’s property. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:24.0pt;margin-right:307.4pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:
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