PATIENCE ATITO vs. AWUDU ACQUAYE & 2 ORS [2017]DLHC16545

Date	2017-11-20
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/1525/2016
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC16545

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH

G. S. K. BABANAWO FOR PLAINTIFF

FRANK NARTEY FOR DEFENDANTS

[2017]DLHC16545
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PATIENCE ATITO <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>AWUDU ACQUAYE &amp;
2 ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<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/1525/2016&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;&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:
20TH&nbsp;NOVEMBER 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>G.
S. K. BABANAWO FOR PLAINTIFF<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><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;">

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

</div>Plaintiff’s
case<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the plaintiff’s claim that she acquired the land in dispute from
the Adern Darpoh family of Dawhenya acting through its head and lawful
representative, Nene Kweku Darpoh I in the year 2001. She was given the old
type indenture in 2004 but she later requested for the pamphlet type indenture
which was given to her on 14th March 2011. The plaintiff asserts
that she commenced work on the land but the 2nd defendant and his
brothers came onto the land to stop her workers from continuing with the work
claiming that it was their father who was farming on the land and as such they
should pay compensation to him.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff brought this development to the notice of their grantor
who confirmed the fact that the 2nd defendant’s father Joe Marnah
used to farm on the land and as such they should compensate him.&nbsp; The plaintiff asserts that she duly paid Joe
Marnah an amount of GH₵600.00 as
compensation for which she was issued with a receipt.&nbsp; She then started constructing a fence wall
around the land but the defendants destroyed the foundation and asked her
workers to stop working on the land.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the plaintiff’s case that the defendant’s attempt at preventing
her workers from working on the land resulted in a confrontation which one Nene
Djabi attempted to arbitrate but the defendants did not make themselves
available for settlement.&nbsp; Nene Djabi,
out of frustration, eventually abandoned the attempt.&nbsp; It is further the plaintiff’s case that the 2nd
defendant promised to give the plaintiff another land far away from the land in
dispute but plaintiff refused the offer.&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This eventually led to the 1st defendant using a bulldozer to
destroy the plaintiff’s fence wall and footing on the land and also levelling
the plaintiff’s trip of sand and stones on the land.&nbsp; The plaintiff asserts that the defendants
eventually brought sand and stone onto the land and started digging a trench to
construct a fence wall on the land.&nbsp; The
plaintiff states that if the defendants are not restrained, they will
eventually take over the land from the plaintiff.&nbsp; The plaintiff therefore claimed the following
reliefs against the defendants:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="1">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:
 0cm;mso-margin-bottom-alt:10.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;mso-add-space:
 auto;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Declaration of title to all
 that piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being at Dawhenya in the
 Dangbe West District of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana which said piece
 of land with approximate area of 0.491 acre or 0.199 hectares and bounded
 on the North-East measuring 255.1 feet more or less, bounded on the
 North-West measuring 98.5 feet more or less, bounded on the South-East
 measuring 224.4 feet more or less and bounded on the South-West measuring
 93.4 feet more or less.”<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:
 0cm;mso-margin-bottom-alt:10.0pt;mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;mso-add-space:
 auto;text-align:justify;line-height:150%;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1">Perpetual injunction against
 the defendants and all those claiming through them<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:
 0cm;mso-margin-bo</main>