MORO ALPHA vs. TEYE DJANGMAH & 3 ORS [2018]DLHC10129

Date	2018-03-12
Suit No.	SUIT NO. IRL/289/10
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC10129

JUSTICE GEORGE BUADI J

MS. DOROTHY ESINAM TETTEH FOR PLAINTIFF PRESENT

MR. JAMES MENSAH KULLEY FOR 1ST AND 3RD DEFENDANTS PRESENT

[2018]DLHC10129
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MORO ALPHA<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>TEYE DJANGMAH &amp; 3 ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT
(COMMERCIAL DIVISION, 5) ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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NO. IRL/289/10&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:
12TH MARCH, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>MS. DOROTHY ESINAM
TETTEH FOR PLAINTIFF PRESENT<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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JAMES MENSAH KULLEY FOR 1ST AND 3RD DEFENDANTS PRESENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE GEORGE
BUADI J<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Background<o:p></o:p>Pursuant to s.104,
Courts Act, 1993 (Act 492), Her Ladyship, the Chief Justice by her hand and
order dated 17 November 2015 transferred this suit together with thirty-two
(32) other land suits from the Lands Court Accra to this court for trial. Plaintiff
had then closed his case. Defendants were yet to close their case. I started
hearing the case on 16 March 2016 upon adoption of earlier proceedings.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;2.0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Statement
of parties’ case<o:p></o:p>2.1&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Plaintiff’s case:<o:p></o:p>The facts are that
on 3 February 2010, by a writ of summons, plaintiff commenced this action against
defendants at the High Court (Lands Division), Accra for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;a&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration of title to all that piece or parcel of land
described in the schedule below.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; b&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery
of possession of the land occupied by the 2nd Defendant.<o:p></o:p>c&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order directed at the 4th Defendant to
expunge from its records all transactions in the name of the 2nd
Defendant and or any grant made to any person by the 1st Defendant,
and in its stead plot the Plaintiff’s land in its records.<o:p></o:p>d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perpetual injunction to restrain Defendants, their agents,
assigns and workers from further interfering with the land<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiff’s case
is that upon payment of consideration of ¢300,000.00 (now GH¢30) cash and a cow
to the chief of Edumse, he became the owner of all that piece of land described
in his writ of summons.<a href="file:///C:/Users/aggie/Desktop/2020-21/Criminal/Moro%20Alpha%20v%20Teye%20Djanmah%20(Autosaved)%20(2021_01_25%2010_26_20%20UTC).docx#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title="">[1]</a> He
claims to have further paid consideration of a cow, which his grantor chief and
his elders sold and used the proceeds to purchase tables and chairs for the local
basic school at Odumse. Plaintiff claims to have constructed a water dam at Edumse
at his own expense for the use of the inhabitants.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;According to plaintiff,
he took absolute possession of the land; first by using wire mesh to fence the
entire land; second, by undertaking his livestock farming and crop farming
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