GYADU DART CO. LTD. vs. ALBERT OKPOTI BOTCHWAY AND C. A. STEEL LIMITED. [2018]DLCA4835

Date	2018-04-20
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/153/2017
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA4835

P. K. GYAESAYOR J.A. (PRESIDING)

A. M. DORDZIE (MRS) J.A

H. A. KWOFIE

MR. PETER ZWENNES FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT

MR. DODJI DADJO FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS

[2018]DLCA4835
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GYADU DART CO. LTD. <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ALBERT
OKPOTI BOTCHWAY AND C. A. STEEL LIMITED. <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION), 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: H1/153/2017&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; &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: 20TH APRIL, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>MR.
PETER ZWENNES FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MR.
DODJI DADJO FOR DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:
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P.
K. GYAESAYOR J.A. (PRESIDING), A. M. DORDZIE (MRS) J.A, H. A. KWOFIE, JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>A.M.
DORDZIE, JA:<o:p></o:p>The appellant herein, Gyadu Dart Company Limited,
instituted an action in the High Court Land Division claiming the following
reliefs as disclosed in its amended statement of claim:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
A declaration of
little to a parcel of land situate at South Legon, Accra measuring 2 .626
acres.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages for
trespass including consequential issues occasioned by destruction of the
structures on plaintiff’s land.<o:p></o:p>3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order of
perpetual injunction restraining the defendants, their servants, agents, assigns
and workers from encroaching or interfering in any way with plaintiff’s land.<o:p></o:p>The land, which is the &nbsp;subject matter of the action is described in
the schedule as follows: “All that piece or parcel of land situate, lying and
being at South Legon, Accra in the Greater Accra Region of the Republic of
Ghana containing an approximate of 2.626 Acres bounded on the North-East by
proposed road measuring 380.0 feet more or less on the South-East by the
lessors land measuring 370.0 feet more or less on the south by a proposed road
measuring 270.0, 100.0, 90.0 feet respectively more or less on the North-West
by Lessors land measuring 150.0, 40.0 feet more or less”.<o:p></o:p>The plaintiff’s averments in its statement of claim
are:<o:p></o:p>