ERNESTINA OPOKUAH vs. ADJOA NYAMEKYE AND CHIEF REGISTRAR (LANDS REGISTRY) [2018]DLCA4725

Date	2018-10-25
Suit No.	CIVIL SUIT NO.H1/15/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4725

M. OWUSU (J.A.) – PRESIDING

LOVELACE-JOHNSON (J.A.)

KWOFIE (J.A.)

MR. FELIX NANA OSEI FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

MR. EMMANUEL BRIGHT OTOKOH FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT

[2018]DLCA4725
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ERNESTINA OPOKUAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ADJOA NYAMEKYE AND CHIEF
REGISTRAR (LANDS REGISTRY)<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, 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
SUIT NO.H1/15/2018&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: 25TH OCTOBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR. FELIX NANA OSEI FOR
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MR.
EMMANUEL BRIGHT OTOKOH FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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M.
OWUSU (J.A.) – PRESIDING, LOVELACE-JOHNSON (J.A.), KWOFIE (J.A.)<o:p></o:p>

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</div>MARIAMA
OWUSU, J.A.:<o:p></o:p>On
3rd May, 2017, the High Court, Accra, dismissed plaintiff’s claim
against defendants and entered judgment for the 1st defendant on her
counterclaim.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;In her judgment, the trial judge held among
other things as follows:<o:p></o:p>“Upon the totality of the evidence
adduced before the Court, therefore, I find that the Plaintiff has failed to establish
her claims against the Defendants. Her claims are accordingly dismissed. I find
that the 1st Defendant is entitled to judgment on her counterclaim,
having established same. Accordingly, Judgment is entered for the 1st
Defendant against Plaintiff on her counterclaim. The 1st Defendant
is to recover from the Plaintiff any piece or parcel of land covered by Land
Certificate Number GA 16344 in the possession of the Plaintiff. I award Damages
for trespass in the sum of GH₲ 8,000 against Plaintiff and in favour
of the 1st Defendant…”<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied
with the decision of the trial court, the plaintiff mounted this appeal on the
following grounds:<o:p></o:p>(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
judgment is against the weight of evidence adduced.<o:p></o:p>(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
trial judge erred when he accepted and relied on the report of the Surveyor
despite her findings that same was fraught with inconsistencies.<o:p></o:p>(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The
trial judge erred when she held that the Plaintiff/Appellant failed to
establish her ownership of the land in dispute.<o:p></o:p>(iv)