CHARLES QUAYE vs. NEWLOVE MORGAN [2017]DLHC12114

Date	2017-05-26
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0437/2016
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC12114

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE R. B. BATU J

KWABENA ANKOMAH OSEI BADU WITH NAA DJAMAH AYIKOI OTOO FOR AYIKOI OTOO FOR PLAINTIFF

[2017]DLHC12114
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CHARLES QUAYE<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(PLAINTIFF) <o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NEWLOVE MORGAN<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(DEFENDANT)
<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o: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;">

SUIT NO.
LD/0437/2016&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; DATE: 26TH&nbsp;MAY 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o: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;">

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE R. B. BATU J.<o:p></o: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;">

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</div>&nbsp;The
reliefs the Plaintiff
seeks are:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration of title to a
piece of land “situate and being at FRAFRAHA
in Accra and bounded on the North East by FRAFRAHA
land measuring 200 feet more or less on the North West by FRAFRAHA CHIEFS land measuring
200 feet more or less and covering an approximate area of 0.46 acre …”<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery of
possession<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages for trespass<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Perpetual injunction
restraining the Defendant by himself, his agents, servants, workmen, privies or
by whomsoever claiming through or under the Defendant from interfering in
anyway whatsoever with Plaintiff’s land.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order directed against
the Defendant to remove all structures and materials he had constructed or sent
onto the land at his own cost. Or in
the alternate for Plaintiff to remove the structures and surcharge Defendant
with the cost of demolition or removal.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;After service of the writ of summons and statement of
claim on the Defendant, he failed to enter appearance or file a statement of defence. He equally failed
to respond to