GHANA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARAGES vs. DAVID JOE LARTEY , AKIRA COMPANY LTD [2018]DLHC16540

Date	2018-07-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LDA/0013/17
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC16540

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH

DORA ASAMOAH FOR JENNIFER ENYAN FOR PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDENT.

F. A. ACQUAYE FOR 1ST DEFENDANT/ APPELLANT

[2018]DLHC16540
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GHANA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
OF GARAGES &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DAVID JOE LARTEY <o:p></o:p>(1ST
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>AKIRA COMPANY LTD <o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, 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;">

SUIT NO. LDA/0013/17&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;&nbsp;DATE:
30TH&nbsp;&nbsp;JULY 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL<o:p></o:p>DORA
ASAMOAH FOR JENNIFER ENYAN FOR PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDENT.<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><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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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>Introduction<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This matter is an appeal from the
judgment of His Worship Nana Asibey Osei sitting at the Amasaman Magistrate
Court delivered on 23rd February 2016.&nbsp; The plaintiff/respondent (in this judgment
referred to as the plaintiff) acquired a parcel of land from the Awulemona
family of Ofankor for the use of its members. The plaintiff was granted a 99
year lease of the land. The plaintiff parcelled out the land to its members and
each member paid an amount of money which was referred to as plot fund for the
use of the land. The land was to be used for light industrial purposes
only.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The 1st defendant/appellant
(in this judgment referred to as 1st defendant), as a member of the
association was allocated his portion of the land in 2003.&nbsp; The plaintiff asserts that the 1st
defendant’s land was ¼ plot but the 1st defendant asserts that it
was ½ plot. It is the plaintiff’s case that one of the privileges of being a
member of the association is the member’s entitlement to part of the land for
his business purposes and a person loses that privilege if he ceases to be a
member of the association.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiff’s
Case<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the plaintiff’s case that the
association is governed by a constitution and bye-laws.&nbsp; Per the terms of the constitution every
member is obliged to pay dues and attend meetings of the association amongst
others.&nbsp; It is the plaintiff’s case that
the 1st defendant has engaged in activities which are unbecoming of
a member of the association. He has failed to pay dues from 2011 despite
repeated demand notices sent to him; he has refused to attend meetings of the
association over the said period; he has also taken over a portion of a plot
belonging to a member of the association and has brought in the 2nd
defendant to install a mast on the said portion he has trespassed on.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;As a result of these actions of the 1st
defendant, the plaintiff instituted an action at the Amasaman Magistrate Court
against the defendants claiming the following reliefs:&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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An order for perpetual injunction
restraining the defendants, their agents, servants, workmen and privies from
trespassing onto plaintiff’s land.<o:p></o:p></i</main>