LAWRENCE DIABA SEIDU vs. CHIEF YAKUBU MOHAMMED & ANOR [2017]DLHC12185

Date	2017-04-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0101/2015
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC12185

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE R. B. BATU J

HANS AWUDEY FOR PLAINTIFF

OPOKU AGYEI FOR DEFENDANT

[2017]DLHC12185
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LAWRENCE DIABA SEIDU<o:p></o:p>

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

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

<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>CHIEF
YAKUBU MOHAMMED &amp; ANOR<o:p></o:p>

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

[HIGH
COURT (LAND DIVISION) ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

SUIT
NO. LD/0101/2015&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: 28TH APRIL 2017<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>

HANS AWUDEY FOR
PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p>

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

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE R. B. BATU J<o:p></o:p>

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

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The reliefs
sought by the Plaintiff are:<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;

“i. A
declaration of title to all that piece or parcel of land known as Plot No. 690
and containing an approximate area of 0.67 acres situate in the East Legon
Residential Area in the city of Accra in the Greater Accra Region of the
Republic of Ghana lying to the North of Accra Avenue and to the South of Kinshasha avenue
and bounded on the North by an unnamed road on the East by Plot No. 691 on the
South by the said Accra Avenue and on the West by Plot No. 689.<o:p></o:p>

<span 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;">ii.<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: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery of possession<o:p></o:p>

<span 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;">iii.<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: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General
Damages<o:p></o:p>

&nbsp;

<span 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;">iv.<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: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Perpetual Injunction”<o:p></o:p>

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First Defendant
entered appearance and field a defence and counterclaim.<o:p></o:p>

There is no indication that 2nd
Defendant was serve with the writ. At the directions stage