[2018]DLSC2488 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">YEHANS INTERNATIONAL LTD</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">vs.</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">MARTEY TSURU FAMILY & 1 OR.</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0cm;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">CIVIL APPEAL J4/ 34/2018 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> DATE</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">: </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">24</span><sup><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 7.5pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">TH</span></sup><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> OCTOBER, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">COUNSEL: </span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">KOFI BOSOMPEM FOR THE PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT/RESPONDENT.</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0cm;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">SAMMANI M. ZACHARY FOR THE DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">CORAM:</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ANSAH JSC (PRESIDING), ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC, YEBOAH JSC BAFFOE- BONNIE, JSC AND APPAU,JSC <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: center; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0cm;"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">ADINYIRA (MRS), JSC:</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal dated 30 March 2016 which affirmed the judgment of the High Court in favour of Yehans International Ltd, the Plaintiff Respondent/Respondent [Respondent] as against the Martey Tsuru Family and 18</span><sup><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">th</span></sup><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> July Ltd.; the 1</span><sup><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">st</span></sup><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> and 2</span><sup><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">nd</span></sup><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> Defendants/ Appellants/ Appellants respectively [1</span><sup><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">st</span></sup><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> and 2</span><sup><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">nd</span></sup><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> Appellants respectively]</span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;"> </span><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">BRIEF FACTS</span></b><span lang="en-GH" style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 7.5pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 15.55pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span lang="en-GH" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif;">The Respondent filed in the High Court, Accra a claim for declaration of title and an order for possession of land in Accra measured about 2.5