[2017]DLHC11905 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">ERNEST COMMEY</span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">THE REGISTERED<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>TRUSTEES<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>APOSTOLIC<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>CHURCH<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>OF<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">GHANA & 1 OR</span></span></b><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; color:#00B0F0"> <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. FAL/869/2012 DATE: 13</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">TH </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">OCTOBER 2017</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;tab-stops:286.5pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">RAMONA<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>ABUGABE<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>FOR<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt">PLAINTIFF</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">SAMMY TAY<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">PATIENCE-MILLS TETTEH</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.85pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">There are three rival claims to the subject matter of this dispute. The plaintiff first instituted this action against the 1<sup>st</sup> defendant and the 2<sup>nd</sup> defendant also joined claiming ownership of the same property. The plaintiff’s claims against the two defendants are therefore as follows;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.95pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:39.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l3 level2 lfo4; tab-stops:46.4pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-font-width:99%">a.<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">An<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>order<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>declaring plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>lawful<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>owner<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>all<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>piece<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>of land lying and situate at Mamprobi-Camara, Accra covering an approximate area of 0.28 Acre (0.012 Hectare) and bounded on the<span style="letter-spacing: 3.25pt"> </span>North<span style="letter-spacing:3.25pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:3.35pt"> </span>Stool<span style="letter-spacing:3.3pt"> </span>land<span style="letter-spacing:3.25pt"> </span>measuring<span style="letter-spacing: 3.45pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:3.25pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:3.3pt"> </span>side<span style="letter-spacing:3.25pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:3.3pt"> </span>distance<span style="letter-spacing:3.2pt"> </span>of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.8pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:39.35pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">113.8 feet more or less on the East by a Road measuring on that side<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>a distance<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>of 64.6 feet more or<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>less<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the South<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>Stool land measuring on that side a distance of 124.8 feet more or less and on the West by Stool land measuring on that side a distance of<span style="letter-spacing: 3.3pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span>71.7<span style="letter-spacing:3.3pt; mso-font-width:150%"> </span>feet<span style="letter-spacing:3.35pt;mso-font-width: 150%"> </span>more<span style="letter-spacing:3.3pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:3.25pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span>less<span style="letter-spacing:3.3pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span>which<span style="letter-spacing:3.45pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span>parcel<span style="letter-spacing:3.35pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:3.25pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span>piece<span style="letter-spacing:3.3pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:3.35pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span>land<span style="letter-spacing:3.3pt;mso-font-width:150%"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">is</span> particularly delineated on the site