[2017]DLHC11977 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">DR. JAMES DANKWA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><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="text-align:center"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">CHARESFELLY ESTATES DEVELOPERS LTD & 2 ORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><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="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA (LAND DIVISION) ]<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="text-align:justify;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;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. IRL/148/14 DATE: 16</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"><span style="font-size: 10px;">TH </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> MARCH 2017<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;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="text-align:justify;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">GEORGE HEWARD-MILLS FOR THE PLAINTIFF ,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;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">NATHANIEL MYERS FOR THE DEFENDANTS <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><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="text-align:justify"><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">REBECCA N. S. SITTIE (MRS)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm 0cm; margin-left: 5pt; margin-right: 5.8pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:1.05pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;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-right:5.9pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">Plaintiff instituted this action against the Defendants on 25<sup>th</sup> June 2014. Plaintiff’s claim is for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.65pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:54.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: -24.75pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:59.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">i.<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">Declaration of title to all that piece or parcel of land situate lying and being<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>Nungua<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>Baatsonaa<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>Accra<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Greater<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Accra<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Region<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>the Republic<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt"> </span>Ghana<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>bounded<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt"> </span>North-East<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>measuring<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>310<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>feet more or less on the South-West measuring 310 feet more or less on the<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>North-West<span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt"> </span>measuring<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>420<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>feet<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>more<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>less<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>East<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>measuring 420<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>feet<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt"> </span>more<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>less<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>covering<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>an<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>approximate<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>area<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>2.99<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>acres, and<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>all<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>piece<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>parcel<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>land<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>situate<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>lying<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>being<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>Baatsonaa Accra containing an approximate area of 2.72 acres more or less and on<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>North<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>proposed<span style="letter-spacing:-.7pt"> </span>road<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>measuring<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>292<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>feet<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>more<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>less<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>the South by Assignor’s land measuring 301 feet more or less on the East by<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>Assignor’s<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>land<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>measuring<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>395<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>feet<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>more<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>less<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.55pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>West<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>by Assignor’s land measuring 405 feet more or less.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:54.0pt;text-align:justify; text-indent:-28.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3;tab-stops:59.05pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">ii.<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-heig