KORKOR MENSAH vs. ROBERT TETTEY MENSAH & ORS. [2017]DLCA5177

Date	2017-06-15
Suit No.	CIVIL SUIT NO.: H1/35/2017
Citation No.	[2017]DLCA5177

M. OWUSU (J.A.) – PRESIDING

LOVELACE-JOHNSON (J.A.)

SUURBAAREH (J.A.)

G. S. K. BABANAWO FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

NANA TABIA AMOAKOHENE FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS

[2017]DLCA5177
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KORKOR MENSAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ROBERT TETTEY MENSAH &amp; ORS.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS
/APPELLANTS)<o:p></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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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">CIVIL SUIT NO.: H1/35/2017&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;DATE: 15TH JUNE,
2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>G. S. K. BABANAWO FOR
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NANA
TABIA AMOAKOHENE FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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</div>CORAM:
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M. OWUSU (J.A.) – PRESIDING, LOVELACE-JOHNSON
(J.A.), SUURBAAREH (J.A.)<o:p></o:p>

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</div>MARIAMA
OWUSU, J.A.:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On
24th June, 2016, the High Court, Accra gave judgment for the
plaintiff for the reliefs she endorsed on her writ of summons.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>In
her judgment, the trial Judge stated in part that;<o:p></o:p>“The next issue is whether or not the
property can be shared.&nbsp; It is a fact
that the land forms part of a larger stretch of land that belonged to Nii Annang
Nukpa, the plaintiff is the great granddaughter of Nii Annang Nukpa.&nbsp; It is an undisputed fact that the elders of
Nii Annang Nukpa decided to divide the land into three (3) equal parts and
share same among the three (3) branches of the family.&nbsp; After the sharing among the Nii Annang Nukpa
family, it ceased to be ancestral land.<o:p></o:p>It is a fact that the other two
branches of the family have shared their portions of land among their
members.&nbsp; The land for the Nii Kwei Kumah
Mensah’s branch belongs to plaintiff and her deceased brother.&nbsp; To the plaintiff, the land will have to be
shared into two (2) equal parts.&nbsp; Her
deceased brother Tettey Mensah’s children are therefore entitled to their
father’s portion.&nbsp; Notwithstanding that
her brother is deceased, she has every right albeit, being a female member of
the family to demand her fair share of the land. &nbsp;Half of the land given to Kwei Kumah Mensah’s
children and that will be about 59 acres.&nbsp;
Her desire for her fair share of the land is further strengthened by the
fact that precedent had been set as the other family members – Amar Kofi’s
children have shared their portion of the land given to them just as the
Alokoto Commey’s family has done.&nbsp;
Nothing stops the Kwei Kumah Mensah family from sharing theirs.”<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied
with the decision of the trial court, the defendants appealed to the Court of
Appeal on as many as twelve (12) grounds.&nbsp;
They are:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
judgment is against the weight of evidence<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
Judge erred when she confused the issues for determination before the court and
veered into non-iss</main>