[2017]DLHC12183 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">KPEN WE FAMILY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span 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 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 style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">NUUMO AKRAMA ANYETEI & 11 ORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span 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 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 (LAND DIVISION) ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span 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""> </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" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span 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. AL 37/2007 DATE: 29<sup>TH</sup> MARCH 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;tab-stops:286.5pt"><b><span 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 style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">PRINCE FREDERICK NII ASHIE NEEQUAYE FOR 3RD, 4<sup>TH</sup> & 10TH DEFENDANTS<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 style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">BEN ANNAN FOR 5TH, 6TH AND 7TH DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span 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 style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE R. B. BATU J<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="text-align:center;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 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-right:15.75pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">This<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>suit<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>began<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>claim<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>jointly<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>severally against<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>the Defendants for:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.75pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:49.55pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-31.6pt;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">“(a) Declaration of title to over 15000 acres of land at Oyarifa, Adenta and Frafraha<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>including<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>al<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>piece<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>parcel<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>land,<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>situate<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>or<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>laying<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>being at<span style="letter-spacing:-.85pt"> </span>Oyarifa,<span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt"> </span>Accra<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>particularly<span style="letter-spacing:-.9pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>118-81<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>(one<span style="letter-spacing:-.8pt"> </span>hundred<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>eighteen<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>decimal point eighty-one) 47.28 hectares (forty-nine decimal point twenty-eight), which 1<sup>st</sup> to 4<sup>th</sup> Defendants are seeking to register.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:48.35pt;text-indent:-26.9pt; line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo4;tab-stops:55.4pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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"">(b)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">An<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>order<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>cancellation<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>withdrawal<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>their<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>application<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">therefore.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:6.95pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:49.55pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo4; tab-stops:57.65pt 57.7pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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"">(c)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">An<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>order<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>cancellation<span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>grants<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>made<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>5<sup>th</sup><span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>10<sup>th</sup> Defendants to third parties jointly and severally, that is:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:46.45pt;text-indent:-23.95pt; line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level3 lfo4;tab-stops:53.45pt 53.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span 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-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt">Lease</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;