KWAMINA KORSAH vs. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL & 2 OTHERS [2018]DLCA5246

Date	2018-01-16
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEA NO: H1/49/2017
Citation No.	[2018]DLCA5246

IRENE CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING)

L. L. MENSAH (J.A)

ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH MRS.( J.A)

GUSTAV ADDINGTON ESQ. - (FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT).

VINCENT NYINAKU ESQ. SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY WITH HIM NANA AISHA

SALIFU ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY - (FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)

[2018]DLCA5246
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KWAMINA KORSAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL &amp; 2 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/
RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, CAPE COAST]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
APPEA NO: H1/49/2017&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE: 16TH JANUARY, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>GUSTAV ADDINGTON ESQ. -
(FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT).<o:p></o:p>VINCENT NYINAKU ESQ.
SENIOR STATE ATTORNEY WITH HIM NANA AISHA <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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SALIFU
ASSISTANT STATE ATTORNEY - (FOR THE DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
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IRENE
CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING), L. L. MENSAH (J.A), ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH
MRS.( J.A)<o:p></o:p>

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</div>IRENE CHARITY LARBI (MRS)
J.A.<o:p></o:p>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This is an appeal against the judgment
delivered by the High Court, Cape-Coast on 9th June, 2015.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>It is pertinent that we give brief facts of the case
for a better appreciation of this appeal.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
The Appellant is a farmer who is ordinarily
resident at Assin Kwaataa near Assin Fosu.&nbsp;
He is the Krontihene of the town.&nbsp;
The 1st Respondent is the Government’s Legal Adviser whilst
the 2nd and 3rd Respondent i.e. the Ministry of
Agriculture and State Oil Palm Plantation respectively are state
institutions.&nbsp; Sometime in 1991 the
Appellant instituted an action entitled “KWAMINA
KORSAH VRS. STATE OIL PALM PLANTATION &amp; ANOR. (SUIT NO./LS 46/91)”
against the &nbsp;2nd and 3rd
Respondents for an order compelling the Defendants to pay compensation for
himself and on behalf of some farmers whose crops were destroyed by the 2nd
and 3rd Defendants sometime in 1975 to pave way for the cultivation
of an Oil Palm Plantation at Assin Kwaataa.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
On 25th October, 1994, the Court
presided by Justice G.M. Quaye J. (as he
then was) delivered judgment in favour of the Plaintiff and ordered that
the matter be sent to Arbitration for determination of the quantum to be paid
to the Plaintiffs.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Arbitration recom</main>