COMFORT OFOOLEY OFOLI AND JOSEPH OBLI OFOLI vs RICHARD MAXWELL [2018]DLHC16375

Date	2018-03-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. FAL/796/2013
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC16375

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE ANTHONY OPPONG

FREEMAN SAABAH ESQ

J. OPOKU BOATENG ESQ

[2018]DLHC16375
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="_Hlk146980440"></a><a name="_Hlk146981432">COMFORT OFOOLEY OFOLI AND JOSEPH OBLI OFOLI<o:p></o:p></a>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>RICHARD
MAXWELL<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<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;">

SUIT NO.
FAL/796/2013&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:28TH MARCH 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>FREEMAN SAABAH ESQ., FOR PLAINTIFFS<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;">

J. OPOKU BOATENG ESQ., FOR DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</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;Plaintiffs,
who are the eldest and youngest children respectively, of one Cecilia Kaifa
Masoperh also known as Cecilia Obli(deceased) in their capacity as
administrators and beneficiaries of the estate
of the late Cecilia Kaifa
Masoperh sued defendant who, they claimed,
trespassed on land belonging to the estate
of their late mother Cecilia Kaifa Masoperh.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;According
to Plaintiffs, the land, which is at Dzorwulu in Accra, was customarily granted
to Cecilia Kaifa Masoperh, Beatrice
Aku Nmai and Naa Ashong who were sisters in 1953 by the then Osu Mantse,
Nii Noi Dowuona
IV at the request of the
sisters who are all now deceased.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The
sisters went into possession of the land. The Osu Mantse Nii Noi Dowuona IV
subsequently executed a document dated 13th July 1960 in confirmation of the voluntary
customary grant and the document
was duly registered at the Deeds Registry as No.
732/1962.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiffs
averred that during the lifetime of the three sisters the land was informally
divided among them. However, no document or site plan was prepared to evidence
the said division or partition. Nevertheless, Plaintiffs averred further that,
they commissioned licensed surveyor who has prepared a site plan that
faithfully and correctly show the portion of the land partitioned to their
mother Cecilia Kaifa Masoperh.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiffs
averred that it has come to their notice that the portion of the land that belongs
to their late mother Cecilia Kaifa Masoperh has been affected by Defendant’s
registered title in the records of the Land Title Registry.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;According to Plaintiff,