NII OTU AKWETEY IX & ORS. vs. SETH OTU OKLEY & ORS. [2019]DLCA6328

Date	2019-02-28
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/168/18
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA6328

V.D. OFOE J.A (PRESIDING)

B.F. ACKAH-YENSU J.A

I. O. TANKO AMADU J.A

MR. ADDO ATUAH FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS

PEBBLE LAW CONSULT FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPODNENTS

[2019]DLCA6328
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >NII OTU
AKWETEY IX &amp; ORS.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>SETH OTU
OKLEY &amp; ORS.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL (CIVIL DIVISION), 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: H1/168/18&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:
28TH FEBRUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p>MR.
ADDO ATUAH FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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PEBBLE
LAW CONSULT FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPODNENTS<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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V.D.
OFOE J.A (PRESIDING), B.F. ACKAH-YENSU J.A AND I. O. TANKO AMADU J.A<o:p></o:p>

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</div>ACKAH-YENSU,
JA<o:p></o:p>This is an interlocutory appeal from the Ruling of the
High Court (Land Division) Accra dated 22/11/2017.<o:p></o:p>BACKGROUND
FACTS:<o:p></o:p>The summary of facts giving rise to the Appeal is as
follows: - By an Amended Writ issued on 22/5/2017, the Plaintiffs (Respondents
herein) claimed from the Defendants (Appellants herein) the following reliefs:-<o:p></o:p>“a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that the registration of
the Statutory Declaration of the 1st and 2nd Defendants
was fraudulent.<o:p></o:p>b)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Recovery of possession of all
lands fraudulently disposed of by the Defendants.<o:p></o:p>c)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An order directed at the Lands
Commission to expunge from its records the said registration and restore such
lands to the Katamanso Stool.<o:p></o:p>d)
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Perpetual injunction restraining
the 1st and 2nd Defendants from alienating disposing of
or dealing with the said parcels of land in any way inconsistent with the
ownership rights of the Katamanso Stool.<o:p></o:p>e) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Costs”<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In their Statement of Claim, the Plaintiffs traced
their interest in the subject matter by pleading inter alia that the Katamanso Stool on which locus they seek relief
is a Sub-Stool under the Nungua Stool, are together ancestral owners of a large
tract of land measuring several acres situate and being at Katamanso a suburb
of Accra, and forming part of Nungua Stool Lands of which the land in dispute is
a part.&nbsp; They further rely on two (2)
judgments in Suit Nos. L.326/75 and FAL/363/13 in the cases of NII ODAI AYIKU IV VS. NII LARYEA AKWETEY
VII &amp; NUMO NMASHIE &amp; ASHIYIE FAMILIES OF TESHIE VS. BENJAIMN QUARSHIE
MENSAH &amp; 2 ORS. respectively.&nbsp;
The Plaintiffs pleaded fraud against the Defendants and have set out the
particulars thereof.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>In a Statement of
Defence filed on 7/6/2017, the Plaintiff</main>