KOFI ANANE STEPHEN vs. MOHAMMED OPOKU GYAMFI [2018]DLHC3303

Date	2018-12-06
Suit No.	SUIT NO: E1/6/17
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC3303

ALEXANDER OSEI TUTU J. SITTING AS A JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT

FELIX ABOAGYE FOR THE PLAINTIFF ABSENT

JUSTICE ABDULAI FOR THE DEFENDANT ABSENT

[2018]DLHC3303
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOFI ANANE STEPHEN<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>MOHAMMED OPOKU GYAMFI<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
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SUIT NO: E1/6/17&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; &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; 6TH DECEMBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>FELIX ABOAGYE FOR THE PLAINTIFF ABSENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>ALEXANDER OSEI TUTU J. SITTING AS A
JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%;
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</div>JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>When a father and his son stand toe to
toe in a legal contest, there must be something wrong somewhere. Such is the
situation before me which I am unfortunately tasked to referee. The parties are
litigating over a land which the Defendant alleges his father, the Plaintiff herein,
gifted to him to develop for which he has since put up an uncompleted storey
building. The Plaintiff denied ever making any such gift to the Defendant. It
is this misunderstanding which has called me to duty this morning to pour oil
on troubled waters.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Plaintiff commenced the action in
this court on 12th October 2016. The reliefs contained in the
endorsement on his writ of summons are:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A
declaration of title to the plot No. RP/22/A/19.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages
for trespass.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perpetual
injunction restraining the Defendant, his workmen, privies and successors in
title from interfering with the Plaintiff’s quiet enjoyment of his plot of
land.<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Costs
including the professional fees of the Plaintiff’s lawyer.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On 21st October 2016, the
Defendant caused Silas Osabutey of Soho Law Consult to enter an appearance and
a defence on his behalf. The Plaintiff replied to it and an application for
directions were taken on 26th January 2017. The following issues
which were filed by the Plaintiff’s counsel were adopted:<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:
&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;">a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;