JAMES OHENE NKETIA vs ASIAMAH & 2 ORS [2018]DLHC16739

Date	2018-06-19
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/1401/16
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC16739

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

NKRABEAH EFFAH DARTEY

[2018]DLHC16739
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">JAMES OHENE NKETIA<o:p></o:p>

(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>

[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>

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COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

NKRABEAH
EFFAH DARTEY FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p>

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CORAM<o:p></o:p>

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE
BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)<o:p></o:p>

JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

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The Plaintiff, James Ohene Nketia,
caused his lawyer
to issue a writ of summons against
the Defendants for declaration of title to the land in dispute, an order
of injunction to restrain defendants from interfering with plaintiff’s quiet
enjoyment of his land, recovery of possession and general damages.<o:p></o:p>

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In the accompanying Statement
of Claim, the Plaintiff asserted
that he is a businessman who resides in Accra. According to the Plaintiff, in May 2005,
he acquired a parcel of land measuring sixteen
acres from the Nii Akwanor
Family of Ashalaja. As evidence of
the said transaction, a conveyance was executed in his favour.
Subsequently, the said conveyance was registered at the Lands Registry and indexed as No. AR/8471A/2005. He claimed that from the time he acquired the land
in dispute, he has remained in uninterrupted possession of it, until recently,
when he noticed that the defendants, whom he did not know, were making adverse claims to the land by developing parts of it personally or through their agents. He claimed that the Defendants’ conduct amounted to trespass and prayed for the reliefs
endorsed on his writ of summons as already reproduced above.<o:p></o:p>

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Initially,
the Plaintiff sued four Defendants. The 4th Defendant was the Church
of Pentecost. An entry of appearance