RUFUS DORGBEFU AND WILHERMINA DORGBEFU , STATE HOUSING COMPANY LTD vs. RAINBOW SCHOOL INTELLECTUAL GHANA [2017]DLHC16569

RUFUS DORGBEFU AND WILHERMINA DORGBEFU , STATE HOUSING COMPANY LTD vs. RAINBOW... [2017]DLHC16569

Date	2017-06-02
Suit No.	SUIT NO. FAL/867/2012
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC16569

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH

JAMES MENSAH KULLEY FOR PLAINTIFFS

DELA BLAGOGEE FOR DEFENDANT

[2017]DLHC16569
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" > RUFUS
DORGBEFU AND WILHERMINA DORGBEFU<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>STATE HOUSING
COMPANY LTD <o:p></o:p>(CO-PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>RAINBOW SCHOOL
INTELLECTUAL GHANA <o:p></o:p>(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. FAL/867/2012&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 2ND&nbsp;JUNE 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>JAMES MENSAH KULLEY FOR PLAINTIFFS,<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>&nbsp;Plaintiffs’ case<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiffs are
a couple who are ordinarily resident in Nottingham, United Kingdom and they
instituted this action per their lawful attorney Caphel Dorgbefu. It is the
plaintiff’s case that sometime in the year 2007 they had the desire of owning a
land at Adenta/Frafraha.&nbsp; They were shown
the land in dispute and they were introduced to the chief of Frafraha Nii
Kommey Mensah Larsey as the owner of the land.&nbsp;
They went to the chief who informed them that the land in question
belonged to the State Housing Company Limited and that the State Housing
Company Limited will be the best entity to grant the land to the
plaintiffs.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiffs
aver that they then went to the State Housing Company Limited and it was
confirmed that the land in dispute was part of lands measuring 2.068.99 acres
that were compulsorily acquired by the government on 27th May 1992
through EI 15 of 1992 captioned State Lands (Accra-Adentan Site for Ghana
Housing Corporation) Instrument, 1992 and granted by the government to the
State Housing Company Limited by a lease dated 7th August 1996. The
State Housing Company Limited also by a lease dated 20th July 2011
granted the land in dispute to the plaintiffs and gave them a certificate of
right of entry onto the land. It is the plaintiffs’ case that they had their
lease agreement plotted at the Public and Vested Lands Management Division of
the Lands Commission and that a search conducted at that outfit will reveal
their transaction on the land.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the
plaintiffs’ case that there had been two earlier executive instruments
compulsorily acquiring Adentan lands namely State Lands (Accra-Adentan Site for
Ghana Housing Corporation) Instrument, 1974 (EI 125) covering an approximate
area of 2349.10 acres and State Lands (Accra-Adentan Site for Ghana Housing
Corporation) Instrument, 1991 (EI 19) covering an approximate area of 1396.11
acres.&nbsp; It is part of the plaintiffs’
case that EI 19 revoked EI 125 and EI 15 revoked EI 19.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiffs
aver that at the time they acquired the land, it was bushy, vacant and
unencumbered and they went into immediate possession, cleared the land, erected
corner pillars, dug a foundation for the construction of a twin storey building
and deposited building materials on the land.&nbsp;
The plaintiffs aver that whilst they were undertaking their construction
activities, the defendant through its agents challenged their right to be on
the land and claimed that it was the rightful owner of the land and that it had
a Land Certificate covering the land in dispute. The plaintiffs assert that
their search conducted at the Registration Division of the Lands Commission
revealed that the defendant had been issued with a Land Certificate in respect
of the land through a lease granted the defendant by the chief of Frafraha Nii
Kommey Mensah Larsey.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;