TORGBUI KWAMI KUMA III AND VINCENT DZORGBEDOR vs. LANDS COMMISSION [2017]DLCA4764

Date	2017-11-15
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL: SUIT NO: H1/01/2017
Citation No.	[2017]DLCA4764

ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING)

SOWAH J.A.

MENSAH J.A.

EKOW EGYIRI DADSON WITH DOE AGBENO FOR PLAITNIFFS/RESPONDENTS

DANIEL AKUTSA FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

[2017]DLCA4764
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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color:#00B0F0;letter-spacing:.75pt;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">TORGBUI KWAMI
KUMA III AND VINCENT DZORGBEDOR<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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letter-spacing:.75pt">(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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color:#00B0F0;letter-spacing:.75pt;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">vs.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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color:#00B0F0;letter-spacing:.75pt;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">LANDS COMMISSION<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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letter-spacing:.75pt">(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
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letter-spacing:.75pt;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">[COURT OF APPEAL, HO]<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:
H1/01/2017&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 15TH NOVEMBER, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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letter-spacing:.75pt;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>EKOW EGYIRI DADSON WITH DOE
AGBENO FOR PLAITNIFFS/RESPONDENTS <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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letter-spacing:.75pt;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">CORAM:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">ADJEI J.A. (PRESIDING), SOWAH J.A., MENSAH J.A. <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:
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0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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letter-spacing:.75pt;mso-bidi-font-style:italic">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>SOWAH, J.A.:<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US">On 9th April 2015, the
plaintiffs-respondents [hereinafter referred to alternatively as ‘plaintiff's’
or ‘respondents'], filed a suit at the trial High Court on behalf of the Kwame
Kuma family of Bla-Aveyime-Battor in the Volta Region in respect of family land
compulsorily acquired by the Government in 1976. They sought the following
reliefs:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:49.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:
justify;text-indent:-27.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:49.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Declaration that plaintiffs’ family is the only one
entitled to be paid compensation for the land compulsorily acquired by
government in 1976 as described in paragraph 7.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:49.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:
justify;text-indent:-27.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:49.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-ansi-language:EN-US">An order directed at the defendant to pay compensation
due to the plaintiffs’ family in respect of the entire land compulsorily
acquired by government at current commercial valuation.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:
0in;margin-left:49.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:
justify;text-indent:-27.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:49.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
115%;font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Bookman Old Style&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">iii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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