[2017]DLHC16783 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:2.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><a name="_Hlk152146143"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">MARTIN ATU ADELAIDE ATU<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:2.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:2.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;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="margin-right:2.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">HONOURABLE DAUOUD ANUM YEBOAH AND<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:2.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">ZAKARIA ANUM YEMOH<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:2.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:2.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right:2.0pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt 168.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 2pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. FAL 725/12 DATE: 31<sup>ST</sup> OCTOBER 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:2.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;line-height:115%;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; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 2pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; 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;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">ADJABENG AKRASI WITH DZIFA AMEFENU FOR PLAINTIFFS<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:2.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"></span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;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="margin-right:2.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">HIS LORDSHIP EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></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; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 2pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt;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;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:2.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:2.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Per their amended writ of summons dated the 29th day of July 2016, the plaintiffs claim against the defendants the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:9.7pt;margin-right:2.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:4.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1.<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-variant-position: 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">A declaration that plaintiffs are entitled to recover the current value of four plots<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>of land at Atasomanso which defendants purported to lease to them (value per plot as at 2012 when the writ of summons was being issued GH¢14,000).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:2.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:9.7pt;margin-right:2.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:4.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">2.<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-variant-position: 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 order for the recovery of the current value of the four (4) plots and the interest thereon from the date of judgment at the commercial rate until final payment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:2.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-top:9.7pt;margin-right:2.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:4.5pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">3.<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-variant-position: 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 order for the recovery<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of special damages of GH¢6,113 being the cost incurred by plaintiffs in developing the parcels of land which defendants purported to lease to them and the interest thereon at the prevailing commercial rate of interest in Ghana Commercial Bank from 13th of April 2011 when a formal demand for restitution was made on defendants till date of final payment.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNo