THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF THE UNIFICATION CHURCH OF GHANA AS REPRESENTED BY EDWARD ABOAGYE AND ANOTHER vs. MUSTAPHA MOHAMMED AND 9 OTHERS [2018]DLCA4463

THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF THE UNIFICATION CHURCH OF GHANA AS REPRESENTED BY EDW... [2018]DLCA4463

Date	2018-01-16
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.HI/19/17
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4463

IRENE CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING)

L. L. MENSAH (J.A)

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH MRS. (J.A)

ENOH-AMAH ANDOH ESQ. - (FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)

FAUSTINUS KOFI KORANTENG ESQ. (FOR THE 3RD 5TH 6TH 7TH AND 8TH DEFENDANTS)

ABDUL-AZIZ MOHAMMED ESQ. - (FOR 4TH DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)

[2018]DLCA4463
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >THE REGISTERED TRUSTEES OF THE UNIFICATION CHURCH OF GHANA AS
REPRESENTED BY EDWARD ABOAGYE AND ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MUSTAPHA MOHAMMED AND 9 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
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CIVIL APPEAL NO.HI/19/17&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:
16TH JANUARY, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ENOH-AMAH
ANDOH ESQ.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; -&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>FAUSTINUS
KOFI KORANTENG ESQ.&nbsp;&nbsp; (FOR THE 3RD,
5TH, 6TH, 7TH AND 8TH DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>IRENE
CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING), L. L. MENSAH (J.A), ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH
MRS. (J.A)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>IRENE
CHARITY LARBI (MRS) J.A.<o:p></o:p>This interlocutory appeal
emanates from the ruling of the High Court, Agona Swedru dated 12th
November, 2015.<o:p></o:p>The
brief facts are these; <o:p></o:p>By
a writ filed at the Registry of the High Court, Agona Swedru on 30th
January, 2014, the Plaintiffs sought the following reliefs against the
Defendants:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration
of title to all that piece or parcel of a land situate lying and being at West
Kasoa i.e. Kasoa Odupong Kpehe in the Central Region of Ghana which land is
more particularly described in their indenture dated 10th June 1986
and registered as CR 378/91.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
General
Damages for trespass.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery of possession.<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order of the Honourable Court
directed at the 9th Defendant to expunge the name of Mustapha Plus from
its records and replace it with that of the Plaintiffs Church.<o:p></o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any further order or orders as this
Honourable Court would deem fit in the circumstances.<o:p></o:p>Accompanying the writ was
a 16 paragraph statement of claim which set out the case of the Plaintiffs.<o:p></o:p>Upon service of the writ
as well as the statement of claim, the 1st, 2nd and 8th
Defendants entered conditional appearance through their lawyer, Oliver Atsu
Ababa Esq. of Abada &amp; Co.<o:p></o:p>