DAVID OSEI BONSU OF FAWOHOYEDEN vs. YAA DUKU AND KOFI ANKAMA [2018]DLCA4624

Date	2018-02-21
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL SUIT NO: H1/51/17
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4624

ADUAMA OSEI JA (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE JA

M. WELBOURNE (MRS.) JA

[2018]DLCA4624
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DAVID OSEI BONSU OF
FAWOHOYEDEN
<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>YAA DUKU AND KOFI ANKAMA<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;(APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<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 SUIT NO: H1/51/17&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;DATE: 21ST FEBRUARY, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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ADUAMA
OSEI JA (PRESIDING), DZAMEFE JA, M. WELBOURNE (MRS.) JA<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>DZAMEFE,
JA<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff/respondent referred to
as plaintiff issued this writ of summons in the Circuit Court, Goaso in the
Brong Ahafo Region against the defendant/appellant for the following reliefs: -<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration of title to all that
cocoa farm/land situate and lying at “Asuboi” “Ahantamour” on the Fawohoyeden
stool land and bounded by the properties of Op. Kofi Buor (deceased) (now in
the possession of the defendants), Nana Ama Duah, Yaw Desmond Nkrumah, Georgina
Duah and Kwadwo Agyemang.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order of the honourable court
directed at the defendants to refund the 45 bags of dried coca beans the
defendants unlawfully carted away from the plaintiff’s cocoa/land or in the
alternative render account for the proceeds of the 45 bags of dried cocoa beans
its current value.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order of perpetual injunction
restraining the defendants, their assigns, privies, etc. from dealing with or
interfering with the plaintiff’s quiet possession, enjoyment and use of the
disputed farm/land. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General damages for unlawful
trespass.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Any further orders(s) that the
honourable court deems fit.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The plaintiff and defendants are
farmers residing at Fawohoyeden near Goaso in the Brong Ahafo Region, Republic
of Ghana.&nbsp; The plaintiff avers that the
defendants are the children of his late grandfather Opanin Kofi Buor @ Koo Buor.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It is his case that his grandmother
Maame Afia Bantama (deceased) and his brother Opanin Kofi Buor (deceased)
acquired a large tract of land from the Fawohoyeden Chief, Nana Akosah, which
is situate at “Asuboi” “Ahantamour” on the Fowohoyeden Stool land.&nbsp; This land plaintiff aver was divided into two
among the siblings with boundaries clearly delineated by the valley, </main>