KNUTSFORD CHURCH vs. MICHAEL CORKU MOORTU, THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCH [2017]DLHC11981

Date	2017-05-05
Suit No.	SUIT NO. IRL/98/13
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC11981

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE REBECCA N. S. SITTIE (MRS)

MR KWASI DANSO-ACHEAMPONG FOR PLAINTIFF

NANA FREDUAH AGYEMAN OSBORN FOR 2ND DEFENDANT

[2017]DLHC11981
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KNUTSFORD CHURCH<o:p></o:p>

(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>

vs.<o:p></o:p>

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>MICHAEL
CORKU MOORTU, THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCH<o:p></o:p>

(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>

<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA (LAND DIVISION)]<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL&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;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

MR KWASI
DANSO-ACHEAMPONG FOR PLAINTIFF,<o:p></o:p>

NANA
FREDUAH AGYEMAN OSBORN FOR 2ND DEFENDANT <o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE REBECCA N.
S. SITTIE (MRS)<o:p></o:p>

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

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The Plaintiff
issued a Writ of Summons
against the 1st and 2nd Defendants on the 28th
day of May, 2013, seeking the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.75pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo6;tab-stops:77.05pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;letter-spacing:-.1pt">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that the land in dispute covering
on approximate area of 1.44 acres was duly granted to the
registered Trustees of the Liberal Catholic Church by the Government of Ghana.<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.8pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo6;tab-stops:77.05pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;letter-spacing:-.1pt">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that the
Registered Trustees of the Liberal Catholic Church duly assigned its interest
in the land in dispute to the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.75pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo6;tab-stops:77.05pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;letter-spacing:-.1pt">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration that the
portions of land occupied by the 1st and 2nd Defendants fall within the 1.44 acres of land granted to the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>

<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:5.7pt;margin-bottom:
0cm;margin-left:72.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:
115%;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo6;tab-stops:80.15pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;letter-spacing:-.1pt">(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that the Defendants having not obtained any grant
from the Government of Ghana are on the land in dispute as tre</main>