VOLTA RIVER AUTHORITY vs. HENRY YAO KLU DR. NARCOTSEY TOGBE DEYDEY AND 92 OTHERS [2018]DLHC4095

Date	2018-06-26
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL: H1/10/2017
Citation No.	[2018]DLHC4095

SGD MABEL M. AGYEMANG (M (JUSTICE OF THE APPEAL COURT) ACQUAYE J. A.

SGD K. A. ACQUAYE (JUSTICE OF THE APPEAL COURT) GYAN J. A.

S. K. GYAN (JUSTICE OF THE APPEAL COURT)

MR. FRANCIS K. YEBOAH WITH MAJOR JOHN GYASI (RTD) FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

MR. ERNEST GAEWU FOR PLAINTIFFS / RESPONDENTS

[2018]DLHC4095
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >VOLTA RIVER AUTHORITY<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>HENRY YAO KLU DR.
NARCOTSEY TOGBE DEYDEY AND 92 OTHERS<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, HO]<o:p></o:p>CIVIL
APPEAL: H1/10/2017&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;DATE: 26TH
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</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>SGD
MABEL M. AGYEMANG
(M (JUSTICE
OF THE APPEAL COURT) ACQUAYE, J. A. <o:p></o:p>SGD
K.
A. ACQUAYE (JUSTICE OF THE APPEAL
COURT) GYAN, J. A. <o:p></o:p>S.
K. GYAN (JUSTICE OF THE APPEAL COURT) <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>AGYEMANG JA: <o:p></o:p>In
this appeal against the judgment of the High Court Ho, delivered on the 21st
day of July 2015, the defendant/appellant (hereafter referred to as the
defendant) seeks the setting aside of the judgment of the court below, and
entry of judgment in favour of the defendant. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>These
are the matters antecedent to the appeal. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Sometime
in the 1970's the defendant, in pursuance of a project to extend electricity to
the Volta
Region, commenced engagement with the local authorities in the Volta Region. In
further pursuance of the project, the defendant contacted persons who
owned farms a