NANA YIADOM BOAKYE AND MR. ADDAE vs. JOSEPH BOAKYE AGYEMAN AND 3 OTHERS [2017]DLCA5475

Date	2017-03-16
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/56/2016
Citation No.	[2017]DLCA5475

E. K. AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA

GERTRUDE TORKORNOO (MRS.)

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH (MRS.) JA

MR. TONY MMIEH FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS

MR. SAMUEL AWADIMA ANYAMASAH FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS

[2017]DLCA5475
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA YIADOM BOAKYE AND MR. ADDAE<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JOSEPH BOAKYE AGYEMAN AND 3 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF
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CIVIL
APPEAL NO.&nbsp; H1/56/2016&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; THURSDAY, 16TH MARCH
2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. TONY
MMIEH FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
SAMUEL AWADIMA ANYAMASAH FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>E. K.
AYEBI (PRESIDING) JA, GERTRUDE TORKORNOO (MRS.), JA, ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH
(MRS.) JA<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>AYEBI,
JA<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This
is an appeal against the ruling of the High Court, Kumasi wherein the trial
judge ruled that a preliminary legal issue raised and argued is not appropriate
to dispose of plaintiffs/respondents’ claim and directed that a full trial
should be held.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
From
the pleadings, one Nana Owusu Yaw Ababio alias Nana Yiadom Bauchie Acheampong
alias Kwabena Acheampong was the Kaasehene on Baaye Siakwan Kuampah Stool from
1963 to 2008 when he died.&nbsp; The
plaintiffs/respondents say they are administrators of his estate. &nbsp;According to them, in appreciation of the
invaluable services the late chief rendered to the people of Kaase, the chiefs
and elders gifted 62.50 acres of Kaase Stool land to him personally.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
In
paragraph 5 of their statement of claim, they described the land as “situate at a place commonly known and
called Asaago on Baaye Siakwan Kuampah Stool land also known as Site for
Industrial and Residential Estate in the Nkinkasie-Sokoban Wood Village layout
including plots Nos. 35 and 37 Odum Street, Sokoban-Kumasi”.<o:p></o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
plaintiffs/respondents further pleaded that the late chief exercised acts of
ownership over the whole stretch of land until his death.&nbsp; And upon grant of Letters of Administration,
they set out to gather the estate of the late chief for the purposes of
administration.&nbsp; In course of that
exercise, they realized that plots Nos. 35 and 37 which formed part of the
estate has been trespassed upon.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Upon
their investigations, they discovered that the 1st
defendant/appellant, the Adontenhene of Kaase granted the two plots to the 2nd
defendant/appellant, a businessman in Kumasi.&nbsp;
Based upon this discovery, the plaintiffs/respondents found a cause of
action upon which they sued the defendants/appellants for amongst others,
declaration that the plots form part of the estate of the deceased chief,
recovery of possession, an order for general damages for trespass and an order
of perpetual injunction.<o:p></o:p>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
On
entry of appearance, the defendants/respondents filed a statement of defence in
which they alleged fraud in the acquisition of the large chunk of the stool
land.&nbsp; In compliance with the order of
the court, the plaintiffs/respondents filed documents including the allocation
note with the site plan and a statutory declaration with the layout of the land
gifted to the late chief.&nbsp; On 2/05/13,
the 4th plaintiff/respondent started giving evidence for himself and
on behalf of the other plaintiffs/respondents.&nbsp;
He tendered some documents that day before the proceedings was adjourned
to 20/05/13.<o:p></o:p>