EMMANUEL OFORI & ORS vs. EMMA OKWESIE. [2017]DLCA4710

Date	2017-10-26
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO.H1/88/2017
Citation No.	[2017]DLCA4710

ACQUAYE J.A (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE J.A

M. AGYEMANG (MRS.) J.A

NANA AMA PANYIN AMOAH FOR APPELLANT

MR. ISAAC AIDOO FOR RESPONDENTS

[2017]DLCA4710
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EMMANUEL OFORI &amp; ORS <o:p></o:p>(PLAINITFFS/
RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>EMMA OKWESIE. <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO.H1/88/2017&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 26TH OCTOBER, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NANA AMA PANYIN AMOAH FOR APPELLANT <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR. ISAAC AIDOO FOR RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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ACQUAYE
J.A (PRESIDING), DZAMEFE &nbsp;J.A, M.
AGYEMANG (MRS.) J.A<o:p></o:p>

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</div>DZAMEFE,
JA<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff/respondent
hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff issued this writ against the
defendant/appellant for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order that the disputed land described in paragraph 6 of the statement of claim
belongs to the late Samuel Henry Obido and his sister the late Elizabeth
Chardey Yartey.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery
of possession.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages
for trespass.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perpetual
injunction to restrain the defendant or her agents and assigns from interfering
with the disputed land.<o:p></o:p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order to cancel the Land Title Certificate No. GA 16774 Folio 502 Vol.12
purported to have been issued to the defendant.<o:p></o:p>The 1st plaintiff’s
is the Administrator of the Estate of the late Samuel Henry Obido Ofori while
the 2nd plaintiff is the 6th born of the deceased.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiffs described
the defendant as a trespasser on the plaintiff’s family land at Adzoate Street
near Asanka Local Osu, belonging to their grandfather Rudolf Nelson Ofori
Cofie.&nbsp; The plaintiffs case is that their
grandfather acquired the land from the Osu Alata Stool represented by Nii Kwabena
Bonne of Osu Alata Mantse per grant dated 26th day of August 1948
and Registered at the Deeds Registry as No.903/1948 with the necessary
description of same.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiffs aver further
that on the death of their grandfather, Samuel Henry Obido Ofori was granted
the Letters of Administration (LA) and</main>