JOSEPH ADJETEY OKINE vs JULIUS TSETSE, STEPHEN SALLAH, THEODORE ADISU AND KWAME KPOVI [2018]DLCA16144

JOSEPH ADJETEY OKINE vs JULIUS TSETSE, STEPHEN SALLAH, THEODORE ADISU AND KWAME... [2018]DLCA16144

Date	2018-04-26
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO. H1/161/2017
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA16144

SAMUEL MARFUL-SAU J.A. (PRESIDING)

AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A.

HENRY A. KWOFIE J.A.

GEORGE EKOW MILL

DICK ANYADI

EDWARD BRIKU BOADU

[2018]DLCA16144
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >JOSEPH ADJETEY OKINE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs<o:p></o:p>JULIUS TSETSE, STEPHEN
SALLAH, THEODORE ADISU AND KWAME KPOVI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<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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H1/161/2017&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: 26TH APRIL 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>GEORGE EKOW MILL FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>DICK ANYADI WITH HIM EDWARD BRIKU BOADU <o:p></o:p>FOR
THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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MARFUL-SAU J.A. (PRESIDING), AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON J.A., HENRY A. KWOFIE J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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mso-padding-between:1.0pt">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>HENRY KWOFIE&nbsp;&nbsp; J.A.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;On the 4th of April 2014, the
Circuit Court, Accra, dismissed the plaintiff’s claim to the disputed
land.&nbsp; Dissatisfied with the judgment of
the Court, the plaintiff filed a Notice of Appeal against same on the 3rd
of July 2014 on the following grounds of appeal:<o:p></o:p>i).&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The
judgment cannot be supported by the weight of evidence adduced.<o:p></o:p>ii).&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Further
grounds to be filed upon receipt of the judgment.<o:p></o:p>It is placed on record that no other or
further grounds of appeal were<o:p></o:p>filed and or urged upon us by counsel for the
plaintiff.&nbsp; The judgment appealed against
is at pages 98 to 118 of the Record of Appeal and the reliefs sought from the
Court of Appeal are:<o:p></o:p>i.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order setting aside the judgment.<o:p></o:p>ii.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An
order of the Court entering judgment for the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The facts of the case culminating in this
appeal are as follows:<o:p></o:p>By a writ of summons filed on 20th
September 2002 the plaintiffs/appellant (hereinafter referred to as the
plaintiff) claimed against the defendants/Respondents (hereinafter referred to
as the defendants) the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>a) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration of title to all that piece of land or plot situate at Akweteman,
Accra and as described in paragraph 19 supra<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order
for recovery of vacant possession, damages for trespass, mesne profits of
¢200.000.00 per month from each of the defendants with effect from 1/9/1999 to
the date of recovery of possession, perpetual injunction restraining the
defendants their agents, servants, workmen and whosoever from entering unto,
disturbing or interfering with plaintiff’s ownership, possession, occupation
and quite enjoyment of the said plot of land and costs. <o:p></o:p>Specifically, in paragraph 19 of his
statement of claim, the plaintiff gave the description and boundaries of his
land as follows:<o:p></o:p>“19
Plaintiff says his plot of land which is the subject matter of this suit is
situate at Akweteman and covers an approximate area of 0.26 acre more or less
and bounded on the North-West by the property of this lessor and measuring 113
feet more or less, on the South East by the property of the lessor and
measuring 113 feet more or less, on the North-East by the property of the
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