[2018]DLHC17199 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">NICHOLAS SAMMY NASRI & 2 ORS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua";color:#00B0F0">SAMUEL OWURADU, ALFRED KWETEI QUAYNOR<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt; margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; tab-stops:168.75pt 278.15pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua""> </span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">SUIT NO. FAL/650/15 DATE: 23<sup>RD</sup> OCTOBER, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;tab-stops:96.25pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">COUNSEL <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">CHARLES TETTEY WITH HIM MRS. PRAISE ARTHUR FOR PLAINTIFF<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt: solid black 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">PRINCE FREDRICK NII ASHIE NEEQUAYE FOR DEFENDANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family: "Book Antiqua"">CORAM<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:-2.5pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: black; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: black; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm; margin-left: 4.5pt; margin-right: -2.5pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid black 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:7.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:7.0pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The 1<sup>st</sup> Plaintiff is the son of Sammy Nasri Nicholas Nasser (deceased) and the lawful administrator of the deceased’s estate while the 2<sup>nd</sup> Plaintiff is a retired scientist. The 1<sup>st</sup> Defendant is a mechanic who was put on the land in dispute by<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the 2<sup>nd</sup> Defendant, while the 2<sup>nd</sup> Defendant is a cousin of the 2<sup>nd</sup> Plaintiff and a retired civil servant.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:7.35pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:7.35pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The facts of this case are that on 1<sup>st</sup> April 1978, Emmanuel Winfred Addo Quaynor, Joseph Addo<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Quaynor<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>and Wilhemina<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt"> </span>Quaynor,<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>acting<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>by<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>their<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>lawful<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>attorney, Lieutenant<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>General Joseph<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Arthur Ankrah O.V.M.C, entered<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>into a<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>lease<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>agreement covering<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>the land<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>dispute with Sammy Nasri Nicholas Nassar (deceased). The said lessors were children of William Addo<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Quaynor and siblings<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>of Daniel Okwei Quaynor, the 2<sup>nd</sup> Defendant’s<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>father.<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>lease was<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>period<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt"> </span>seventy-five<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>(75) years<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>lessee<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>covenanted,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>among<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>others,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>erect a<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>building<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>family<span style="letter-spacing:-.65pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt"> </span>vacant<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>plot<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>adjacent<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt"> </span>family<span style="letter-spacing:-.75pt"> </span>house<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Awusaitso,<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>Osu.<span style="letter-spacing:-.5pt"> </span>The lessee<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>subsequently<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>registered<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>interest<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>land<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>dispute<span style="letter-spacing:-.4pt"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt"> </span>Land<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Registry<span style="letter-spacing:-.6pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">was</span> issued with Land Certificate No. GA 5204 Vol. 12 Folio 304.<span style="letter-spacing:2.0pt"> </span>However, the lessee is yet to fulfil the covenant to build a family house for his lessors at Awusaitso.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:7.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoBodyText" style="margin-right:7.15pt;text-align:justify;line-height: 115%"><span s