NUMO CHARLES MARTEY QUASHIE AND WESTERN ALLOY CO. LTD. vs. L & A PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED, ITAL CONSTRUCTION INT. LTD., U.T. BANK, LANDS COMMISSION AND LAND TITLE REGISTRY [2017]DLHC4221

NUMO CHARLES MARTEY QUASHIE AND WESTERN ALLOY CO. LTD. vs. L & A PACIFIC INTERNA... [2017]DLHC4221

Date	2017-07-19
Suit No.	SUIT NO. E1/60/2013
Citation No.	[2017]DLHC4221

ALEXANDER OSEI TUTU J

MRS. GRACE ADDAI HOLDING THE BRIEF OF YAW ASARE DARKO ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF

JACOB ACQUAH SAMPSON ESQ. FOR THE FIRST DEFENDANT

CHRIS ARCHER ESQ. FOR THE SECOND DEFENDANT

[2017]DLHC4221
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="OLE_LINK1">NUMO CHARLES MARTEY QUASHIE AND WESTERN ALLOY CO. LTD.<o:p></o:p></a>vs.<o:p></o:p>L &amp; A PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL
LIMITED, ITAL CONSTRUCTION INT. LTD., U.T. BANK, LANDS COMMISSION AND LAND
TITLE REGISTRY<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION), TEMA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SUIT NO.
E1/60/2013&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;&nbsp;DATE:
19TH JULY, 2017 <o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MRS. GRACE ADDAI HOLDING THE BRIEF OF YAW ASARE
DARKO ESQ. FOR THE PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p>JACOB ACQUAH SAMPSON ESQ. FOR THE FIRST DEFENDANT
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CHRIS ARCHER
ESQ. FOR THE SECOND DEFENDANT <o:p></o:p>

ALEXANDER
OSEI TUTU J. SITTING AS JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGEMENT&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

</div>The facts of this
case are that the first Plaintiff leased a 50.869 Acres or 20.551 Hectares of
land at Dawhenya to Heritage Key Properties for a term of 99 years in the year
2000. The Heritage Key Properties assigned all its interest in the land to the
2nd Plaintiff in 2005. 2nd Plaintiff also went ahead to
assign its interest in the land to the 1st Defendant. There was an
arrangement plan with regards to the payment. <o:p></o:p>The 1st
Defendant however failed to make full payment as agreed. Eventually, it
assigned portions of the land to the 2nd Defendant and also
surrendered about 12 Acres of the land to the 2nd Plaintiff. When
the 2nd Plaintiff went to the Lands Commission to register the Deed
of Surrender, it was informed that the 1st Defendant had mortgaged
the entire land to the 3rd Defendant. The 2nd Plaintiff
was not allowed by the Lands Commission to register the Deed of Surrender, due
to the mortgage registered in the name of the 3rd Defendant. <o:p></o:p>Plaintiffs commenced
this action mainly because the 1st Defendant failed to seek their
written consent and approval before mortgaging the land, contrary to the
express terms of the covenants stipulated in the head lease. Meanwhile, the 2nd
Plaintiff had contracted with the Cocoa Marketing Board in respect of the
surrendered land to the tune of GH₵170,000.00, but when it noticed that a mortgage had been executed in
favour of the 3rd Defendant, the said contract fell through.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>On 28th March 2013,
the plaintiffs commenced the present action against the defendants. The reliefs
sought by the plaintiff are:<o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0in" start="1" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; border: none;">A Declaration that the assignment of any
 interest in the disputed land (more particularly described in the
 Statement of Claim) by the 1st Defendant to the 2nd
 Defendant is a nullity and liable to be forfeited.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; border: none;">An order for recovery of possession of
 the said land from the said Defendants.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; border: none;">A Declaration that the mortgage of the
 disputed land by the 1st Defendant to the 3rd
 Defendant is a nullity and liable to be set aside.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; border: none;">An order directing the 5th
 Defendant to expunge and strike out from its record, the Lands Title
 Certificate registered in the name of the 2nd Defendant in
 respect of the disputed land.<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; border: none;">An order direct</main>