[2018]DLHC16386 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><div class="WordSection1"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><a name="_Hlk146980440"></a><a name="_Hlk146981432"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#00B0F0">TUALA TUNDE TOWOLCEWI SUBSTITUTED BY MRS DORIS OBUAMA-AMANQUANOR<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"> (PLAINTIFF)</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;color:#00B0F0">NII OKULEY ANNAN AND NII NORTEY SEDUA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;letter-spacing:-.1pt;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">(DEFENDANTS)</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#4F81BD;mso-themecolor:accent1; mso-style-textoutline-type:solid;mso-style-textoutline-fill-color:#00B0F0; mso-style-textoutline-fill-alpha:100.0%;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dpiwidth: .75pt;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-linecap:flat;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-join: round;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-pctmiterlimit:0%;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-dash: solid;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-align:center;mso-style-textoutline-outlinestyle-compound: simple;mso-effects-shadow-color:#6E747A;mso-effects-shadow-alpha:43.0%; mso-effects-shadow-dpiradius:3.0pt;mso-effects-shadow-dpidistance:2.0pt; mso-effects-shadow-angledirection:5400000;mso-effects-shadow-align:center; mso-effects-shadow-pctsx:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-pctsy:100.0%;mso-effects-shadow-anglekx: 0;mso-effects-shadow-angleky:0;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> </span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">SUIT NO. TLD/07/16 DATE: 14<sup>TH</sup> FEBRUARY 2018<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">COUNSEL</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> </span><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">CANDY FRIMPONG BAIDOO FOR SAMPSON OBENG FOR PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana">WILLIAM ASIGBETSE FOR 1ST DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">CORAM <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE ANTHONY OPPONG<o:p></o:p></span></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;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%; tab-stops:4.5pt;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-left:6.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">In this suit, plaintiff sued defendants and by way of cross action each defendant in turn sued plaintiff. By the amended writ of summons plaintiff<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>sought the reliefs stated hereunder:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3; tab-stops:4.5pt 77.9pt 78.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">a)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Declaration of title to all that piece or parcel of land lying and situate at Adjirigano, in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana measuring a total area of 0.356 acre or 0.144 hectare more or<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>less and more particularly delineated in the land Title Registry Map No. 0/115/88 attached to Substituted Land Certificate No.GA 11623 (volume 53 Folio 497) dated the 17th day of December, 2004 issued to plaintiff and as described supra;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3; tab-stops:4.5pt 77.9pt 78.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">b)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Recovery of possession of the said parcel of land from the defendants, their agents and assigns;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3; tab-stops:4.5pt 78.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">c)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><!--[endif]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Declaration that defendants’ act of entering unto the land and acting in the way and manner stated in the Statement of Claim constitute trespass on the plaintiff’s said land;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;tab-stops:4.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo3; tab-stops:4.5pt 78.0pt"><!--[if !supportLists]--><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">d)<span style="font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-opt