EBENEZER AFFLAH SACKEY vs. ISAAC TETTEH [2019]DLCA6319

Date	2019-02-14
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/80/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA6319

C. J. HONYENUGA JA (PRESIDING)

AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON JA

N.C.A. AGBEVOR JA

MR. HUMPHERY MODZAKA FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

MS. MELISSA AMARTEIFIO FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLCA6319
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EBENEZER
AFFLAH SACKEY <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ISAAC TETTEH <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in">CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/80/2018&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;DATE: 14TH FEBRUARY,
2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>MR.
HUMPHERY MODZAKA FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MS.
MELISSA AMARTEIFIO FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<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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C.
J. HONYENUGA, JA (PRESIDING), AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON, JA AND N.C.A. AGBEVOR, JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>HONYENUGA,
JA<o:p></o:p>On the 31st
day of January 2017, the High Court, Land Division, Accra entered judgment for
the plaintiff on his claim and dismissed the counter claim of the
defendant.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Aggrieved by the
decision of the High Court, the defendant/appellant filed an appeal on the 15th
February 2017 based on the sole omnibus ground which was subsequently amended
on the 11th June 2018 as follows:-<o:p></o:p>“a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The judgment is against the weight of
evidence adduced at the trial.<o:p></o:p>Grounds
(2) – (6) Added By Leave Granted on 11th June, 2018 as follows:-<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The trial court erred when it failed to
hold that the gift of the disputed land by the Nungua Stool to the plaintiff
was illegal.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The trial court erred when it held that
the registered indenture of Mallam Musa was invalid, leading to miscourage of
justice (sic).<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The trial court erred when it failed to
hold that the plaintiff’s action is statute barred.<o:p></o:p>e.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The trial court erred when it failed
to declare that the plaintiff’s Power of Attorney dated 14th June,
2013 was defective.<o:p></o:p>f.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The trial court exceeded its
jurisdiction and or erred by departing from and refusing to be bond by the
decision of the Court of Appeal”.<o:p></o:p>The defendant/appellant
seeks a relief from this court for an order to set aside the whole judgment and
its consequential orders awarded by the High Court and an outright dismissal of
the plaintiff’s action with costs and judgment entered in his favour.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In this appeal, the
defendant/appellant would be simply referred to as the defendant and the
plaintiff/appellant as the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>A brief background
to this case is that the plaintiff acquired a deed of gift dated 4th
December, 1973 from the Nungua Stool and registered same as Land Registry
Number 3200/27087.&nbsp; He made periodic
ground rents payments, paid homage fees and enjoyed quiet possession until
sometime in September 2012, a period of 39 years, when the defendant realized
that the defendant had trespassed unto h</main>