WILLIAM QUARCOOPOME ASHALEY vs. FRANCIS SETSOFIA [2018]DLHC17221

Date	2018-05-16
Suit No.	SUIT NO. FAL/561/12
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC17221

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)

YEHODA KOTEY

BRIGHT AKWETEY

EBENEZER GOHOHO

[2018]DLHC17221
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >WILLIAM QUARCOOPOME ASHALEY<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>FRANCIS SETSOFIA<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<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: 0cm; margin-right: -2.5pt;">

</div>COUNSEL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <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: black; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: -2.5pt;">

YEHODA KOTEY BEING LED BY
BRIGHT AKWETEY FOR PLAINTIFF&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

EBENEZER GOHOHO FOR
DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM<o:p></o:p>HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE
BARBARA TETTEH-CHARWAY (MRS)<o:p></o: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: 0cm; margin-right: -2.5pt;">

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

</div>The
Plaintiff, William Quarcoopome Ashley, asserts that by a Leasehold Agreement
dated 14th November 1997 and
made between Col. John Tettehdoi Addy (Rtd) the Head of the Abola Piam (Tunma
We) Family acting with the consent and concurrence of the Principal Elders of the
said Family and the
Plaintiff (therein referred to as the lessee) the land, subject matter of this dispute
which has been described in the schedule
of his Amended Statement of Claim, was leased to him for valuable
consideration for a term of ninety-nine (99) years.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;He
went into possession of the land by constructing
a two bedroom self-contained house on it and erected a fence wall around it. He
contends that the Defendant unlawfully entered his land and constructed a
single room behind his building. This caused him to lodge a formal complaint to
the Police and subsequently to issue the writ by which this action was
commenced. He further alleges that in the course of police investigations, the
Defendant produced a receipt as evidence of his ownership of the land in
dispute while he showed his Lease Agreement to the Police.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Plaintiff
therefore issued a writ against
the Defendant claiming
the following reliefs;<o:p></o:p>1.<span style="font-style: normal; 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-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order declaring the Plaintiff the owner of the land.<o:p></o:p>2.<span style="font-style: normal; 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-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An order