MICHAEL ASIAMAH AND JOSEPH BORTIER BORTEY vs. WAMENA ADDO AGYARKO, NII OTO HARRISON AND DIAMOND NYAMEKOR [2019]DLCA10052

MICHAEL ASIAMAH AND JOSEPH BORTIER BORTEY vs. WAMENA ADDO AGYARKO, NII OTO HAR... [2019]DLCA10052

Date	2019-11-14
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/143/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA10052

B. F. ACKAH-YENSU JA (PRESIDING)

I. O. TANKO AMADU JA

AMMA GAISIE JA

NO LEGAL REPRESENTATION

[2019]DLCA10052
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MICHAEL ASIAMAH AND JOSEPH BORTIER BORTEY <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>WAMENA ADDO AGYARKO, NII OTO HARRISON AND DIAMOND NYAMEKOR<o:p></o:p>(1ST
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT/2ND DEFENDANT/3RD DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<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: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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H1/143/2019&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DATE:&nbsp;
14TH NOVEMBER, 2019<o:p></o:p>

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LEGAL REPRESENTATION<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>B. F. ACKAH-YENSU JA
(PRESIDING), I. O. TANKO AMADU JA, AMMA GAISIE JA<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

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</div>&nbsp;B.
ACKAH-YENSU, JA<o:p></o:p>In this appeal
against the Ruling of the High Court (Land Division) Accra, delivered on 26th
January 2018, the 1st Defendant/Applicant/Appellant (hereinafter
referred to simply as the “Appellant”) prays that the entire Ruling of the court
below, together with the costs awarded, be set aside and the suit be dismissed.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;FACTS<o:p></o:p>These are the matters
that have given rise to the instant appeal.&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;On 24th
June 2004, the Appellant issued a writ against the 2nd Defendant
herein and the 1st Plaintiff/Respondent/Respondent (to be referred
to as the “1st Respondent” hereinafter) at the Circuit Court in Suit
No. C1/31/04 titled: Kwabena Addo
Adjarko v Nii Ato Harrison and Michael Asiamah. &nbsp;From the judgment found on page 65 of the
Record of Appeal (ROA) and marked Exhibit KAA-“4”, the Appellant’s claims were
as follows:<o:p></o:p>“(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration of title over the plot
described in the schedule and commonly known as plot No. 3 – All that piece or
parcel of land situate, lying and being at Batsoonaa, on the South measuring
170 feet M/L, North 335 feet M/L and covering an area of 0.84 acre.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery
of possession of the plots of land.<o:p></o:p>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order to expunge the defendant and or
defendant’s grantor’s name from the public records on grounds of fraud.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; General
Damages for trespass.<o:p></o:p>(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perpetual Injunction restraining the
defendant and his agents from doing anything on the land.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Damages
for fraud.”<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Circuit Court
delivered its judgment in the said case on 5th December 2013 in
favour of the Appellant.&nbsp; The judgment
was executed on 24th February 2017 and the Appellant put in
possession of the land in dispute.&nbsp; Prior
to the judgment in Suit NO. C1/31/04, the Circuit Court, in case No. 1032/94
titled The Republic v Koiwah Investment
Company Ltd. &amp; 2 Ors., in its judgment dated 28th June 1996,
held that 2nd Plaintiff/Respondent/Respondent’s (also to be referred
to as 2nd Respondent hereinafter) family document covering the land
1st Respondent claimed, was fictitious.&nbsp; An application brought by the defendant
(Appellant herein) to dismiss the suit for want of jurisdiction was granted and
2nd Respondent’s action was dismissed (Exhibit KAA “6(b)” on pages
198-297 of ROA).<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The 2nd
Respondent herein also filed a writ in Suit No. EI/57/2015 titled: Joseph Bortier Borteye v Kwabena Addo
Agyarko at the High Court, Land Division, Tema, to impugn the judgment of
the Circuit Court, and for a declaration of title of the land in dispute
(Exhibits KAA “6” and KAA “6a”, on pages 193-197 of ROA).&nbsp; Also the Court of Appeal in Civil Appeal NO.
H1/56/2016 titled: Cephas Okuonu Addo
(Substituted by J. B. Bortey) v Koiwah Investment Co. Ltd. &amp; 3 Ors., on
July 2016 dismissed the 2nd Respondents’ family’s appeal on the land
they claim to be their family land which includes the land in dispute (Exhibit
KAA “10” on pages 100-117 of ROA).&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;