ANITA DANSO-TAWIAH vs ALHAJI ALI SHURAKATU [2018]DLHC16365

Date	2018-10-31
Suit No.	SUIT NO: FAL/330/15
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC16365

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE ANTHONY OPPONG

REBECCA BOAKYE

FRANK BOAKYE AGYEN

PHILIP JIMANOR

JAMES MENSAH KULLEY

[2018]DLHC16365
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="_Hlk146980440"></a><a name="_Hlk146981432">ANITA DANSO-TAWIAH <o:p></o:p></a>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ALHAJI
ALI SHURAKATU <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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SUIT NO:
FAL/330/15&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: 31ST OCTOBER 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>REBECCA BOAKYE (MRS.) FOR FRANK BOAKYE AGYEN FOR
PLAINTIFF <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;">

</div>CORAM <o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE ANTHONY OPPONG<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;In Suit
No. L 320/98, titled
Komey Mensah Larsey &amp;
Others Vrs. Daniel Anum Adjei &amp; Another, the High Court, Accra, constituted by Yaw Apau J (as he
then was) dated 22nd July 2005 (unreported) pronounced that only the Agbawe Quarter can alienate land at Frafraha, among other reliefs
granted in favour
of the Plaintiff in that
case. (See Exhibit “3”) By that decision of the Court, it is understood that,
there can not be any valid alienation of land at Frafraha without the
involvement or participation of Agbawe Family/Quarter or without the knowledge
of Agbawe Family/Quarter.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiff’s
case is that she acquired the disputed land from Nii Komey Larsey Mensah, Head
of Agbawe Kplen We No.2 family of Frafraha and Nii Adjei Kpobi Asawa III, Head
of the Agbawe Quarter of La with the consent of the principal members of the said families. Indeed,
the grant was evidenced by a
lease document dated 23rd June, 1999.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Defendant’s
case is also that he acquired the disputed land from Nii Kommey Mensah
Lassey, Chief of Frafraha and Head
of Nuumo Mensah
Kwao family of Frafraha and Nii Adjei Kpobi Asawatse and Head of Agbawe
family of La. That grant is likewise evidenced
by