PRO-UMA TANKO vs. VIOLET TAGOE & 2 ORS [2018]DLHC17206

Date	2018-11-13
Suit No.	SUIT NO. FAL/755/13
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC17206

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

JAH JOSIAH

PRINCE FREDERICK NII ASHIE

FELIX QUARTEY

[2018]DLHC17206
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >PRO-UMA TANKO<o:p></o:p>

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

vs.<o:p></o:p>

VIOLET TAGOE &amp; 2 ORS<o:p></o:p>

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

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<a name="_heading=h.gjdgxs"></a>SUIT NO. FAL/755/13&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: 13TH &nbsp;NOVEMBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

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

JAH JOSIAH FOR PRINCE
FREDERICK NII ASHIE 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 facts
of this case are that on 18th February 1974, Akweinas
Farms &amp; Company
acquired, for agricultural purposes, a lease of a large tract of land from Nii
Kwaku Fosu II, Ablekuma Mantse. The said lease was registered at the Deeds
Registry and indexed as No 1383/76.<o:p></o:p>

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Subsequently,
by a Memorandum of Understanding dated 20th May 2005 made between
Akweinas Farms &amp; Company and Nii Larbi Mensah, Ablekuma Mantse and Atofotse of Sempe Stool (a.k.a) Adjin
Tetteh), the parties agreed to vary
the use of the land from agricultural to residential purposes for the unexpired
residue of the head lease.<o:p></o:p>

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By
a Deed of Assignment dated 22nd June 2005, Akweinas Farms &amp;
Company purported to assign a
section of the land it acquired from the Ablekuma Stool to the Plaintiff,
Pro-Uma Tanko. The Plaintiff claimed that prior to the variation of the land
use from agricultural to residential purposes, he had already taken possession
of the land that he acquired from Akweinas Farms which is the subject matter of
this dispute, by constructing a two room structure on it.<o:p></o:p>

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According
to the Plaintiff, the Defendants caused the two rooms that he had constructed
on the land in dispute to be demolished, chased away his caretakers with the support
of land guards, constructed a fence wall around the land and were in
the process of digging a foundation. He therefore prayed for declaration of title
to the land in dispute, recovery of possession, damages for trespass and
perpetual injunction against the Defendants. In his statement of claim, the
Plaintiff described the land in dispute as follows;<o:p></o:p>

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“all
that piece of land situate, lying and being at Ablekuma, Accra, in the Greater Accra Region containing an approximate area of 0.672 acres more