BENJAMIN QUARCOOPOME SACKEY vs. ISSAKA A. MUSAH [2017]DLSC2521

Date	2017-03-14
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/3/2015
Citation No.	[2017]DLSC2521

WOOD (MRS) CJ PRESIDING

ANSAH JSC

DOTSE JSC

YEBOAH JSC

BENIN JSC

GEORGE ESHUN FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT

SAM WOOD FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/ RESPONDENT

[2017]DLSC2521
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >BENJAMIN
QUARCOOPOME SACKEY<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ISSAKA A. MUSAH<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL APPEAL NO. J4/3/2015&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;&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: 14TH MARCH, 2017<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>GEORGE ESHUN FOR
THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SAM WOOD
FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT/ RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>WOOD, (MRS) CJ PRESIDING ANSAH, JSC DOTSE, JSC YEBOAH, JSC AND BENIN,
JSC<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>&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>DOTSE JSC:-<o:p></o:p>On
the 21st October 2015, this court in the course of delivering
judgment, made the following orders in order to bring finality to the real
issues in controversy.<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Regional Surveyor, (Survey and Mapping
Division of the Land’s Commission, Accra) is hereby appointed to carry out a
survey of the land in dispute, and superimpose the position of any of the said
land documents or site plans of the parties herein in relation to the actual
position of the disputed land on the ground.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Her Ladyship the Chief Justice shall appoint a
Circuit Court to be the trial Court for the purposes of carrying out the order
of this court.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Circuit Court shall hear, record and transmit
to this court the evidence of the Regional Surveyor after he had carried out
the survey as aforesaid.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Within 14 days of the service of the order on the
parties, they shall file their survey instructions to the Surveyor and submit
all relevant land documents of title, and site plans that were used at the
trial court.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Each party to pay an initial deposit of ¢1,000.00
within 14 days of this order, the payment to be made to the Registry of this
Court.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;