NANA AMUA GYEBU XV AND EBUSUAPANTIN AHMED NOORDEIN AZIANGO vs. FRANK ISAAC MENSAH [2018]DLSC5635

NANA AMUA GYEBU XV AND EBUSUAPANTIN AHMED NOORDEIN AZIANGO vs. FRANK ISAAC MENS... [2018]DLSC5635

Date	2018-12-12
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: J4/19/2018
Citation No.	[2018]DLSC5635

ANSAH JSC (PRESIDING)

ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC

BAFFOE-BONNIE JSC

AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS) JSC

APPAU JSC

CONSTANTINE K. M. KUDEDZI FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS /RESPONDENTS.

VICTOR OWUSU WITH HIM BAFFOUR DWUMAH FOR THE DEFENDANT /APPELLANT/APPELLANT.

[2018]DLSC5635
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NANA AMUA GYEBU XV AND EBUSUAPANTIN AHMED NOORDEIN AZIANGO<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>FRANK ISAAC MENSAH<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[SUPREME COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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CIVIL
APPEAL NO: J4/19/2018&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: 12TH
DECEMBER, 2018<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>CONSTANTINE
K. M. KUDEDZI FOR THE PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS /RESPONDENTS.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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VICTOR OWUSU WITH HIM BAFFOUR DWUMAH FOR THE
DEFENDANT /APPELLANT/APPELLANT.<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ANSAH JSC (PRESIDING), ADINYIRA (MRS) JSC, BAFFOE-BONNIE
JSC,&nbsp;AKOTO-BAMFO (MRS) JSC, APPAU JSC
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<o:p></o:p>

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

</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><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;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;
color:#424242;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ANSAH, JSC:<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#424242;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><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;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#424242;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">This
is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division), Cape
Coast, dated 27th June 2017, coram: C J Honyenuga, (presiding): Alhaji Saeed
Kwaku Gyan and G. S. Suurbareh JJA. The first Plaintiff-Respondent hereinafter
called the respondent, is the occupant of the Apowa Stool and the second, the
head of the Asamankama Stool Family of Apowa; the defendant is the appellant
herein. The land in dispute called Sankoba, measured about 559.17 acres, and
was acquired by J.F. Scheck at an auction in 1896, for farming purposes.&nbsp;
Subsequently, J.F. Scheck and his successors held title to the land and had
exclusive possession without any let or hindrance from anybody. All those who
farmed the land did so with the permission of Scheck’s successors. However, in
recent times the defendant appellant and his predecessors in title granted a
greater part of the land to people for residential and commercial purposes. The
defendant appellant asserted that all litigations over the land ended in his
favor.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><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;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#424242;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The
case for the defendant appellant was that the land in dispute acquired by J.F.
Scheck at a public auction, was situated at Apremdo but not Apowa and that it
measured 988.23 acres but not 599.17 acres. Furthermore, the contents of all
the previous statutory declarations published in respect of the land in dispute
at the instance of the appellants indicated that the land J.F. Scheck bought at
the auction was 599.17 acres. Also, all judgments obtained by the appellants’
forebears in connection with the land in dispute were falsified. His
predecessors also falsified the acreage and the location of the land in
dispute. The respondents therefore initiated an action before the High Court,
Sekondi, for the reliefs on the writ of summons.&nbsp; The trial judge entered
judgment in favor of the respondents, whereupon the appellant appealed to the
Court of Appeal, Cape Coast which affirmed the judgment of the High Court Sekondi,
and the appellant lodged this appeal to this court on the following grounds,
namely, that:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><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;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#424242;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Grounds
of appeal to the Supreme Court:<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 15pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><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;Times New Roman&quot;;
mso-bidi-font-family:Helvetica;color:#424242;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">&nbsp;i)
The Court of Appeal erred in law by not applying Sections 10, 1, 2 and 6 of
the Limitation Act, 1972, NRCD 54, to the determination </main>