[2019]DLCA6368 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0">RICHARD SENCHERY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">(PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0">vs<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-67.5pt; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0">KWABENA AGYEI & ANOTHER<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-67.5pt; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:22.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:center;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height: 115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> [COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height: 115%"><br></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height: 115%;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/57/2017 DATE: 29<sup>TH</sup> APRIL, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">STEPHEN OPPONG FOR THE 1<sup>ST</sup> DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">KWABENA ASANTE KROBEA FOR 2<sup>ND</sup> DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">STEPHEN OSEI KOFI FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan lines-together"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">CORAM:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan lines-together"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING), DZAMEFE J.A.,WELBOURNE J.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;border-right:none; padding:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height: 115%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan lines-together;border:none;mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding: 0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 1.0pt 0in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">MARIAMA OWUSU, J.A.</span></u></b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p><span style="text-decoration-line: none;"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">This is an appeal against the decision of the Circuit Court, Kumasi dated the 10<sup>th</sup> of March, 2016. In the said judgment, the trial court held amongst other things as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">“That is why the court cannot declare that plot Nos. 134 ‘A’ and 134 ‘B’ are the properties of the plaintiff. The plaintiff’s claim (a) falls as the court finds that 2<sup>nd</sup> defendant’s allocation of the disputed plots has no effect in law. With relief (a) crumbling, all the other related reliefs (b), (c) and (d) fall as well and therefore the court rules that the plaintiff is not entitled to his reliefs.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">The court has been silent on the plaintiff’s claim that 1<sup>st</sup> defendant destroyed the disputed plots. 1<sup>st</sup> defendant destroyed plaintiff’s defence wall and blocks because the attempt by PW2 Prince Nicholas Nkrumah who described himself as a quantity surveyor to lead evidence on that claim failed miserably. It is however not in dispute that plaintiff paid consideration for the plots he bought from the 2<sup>nd</sup> defendant. Equity therefore will require that plaintiff gets back his money. Accordingly, the court will Order 2<sup>nd</sup> defendant to refund his money to him as by his evidence and attitude plaintiff has rejected the offer of any alternative plots.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Cost of Gh¢2,000.00 each is awarded in favour of the defendants.”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">Dissatisfied with the decision of the Circuit Court, the plaintiff mounted this appeal on the following grounds:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:45.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-27.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">1.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">The court erred when it ordered the 2<sup>nd</sup> defendant to pay for the cost of the two (2) plots as the plaintiff paid for it in 2005.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:45.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-27.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">2.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">The court erred when it gave judgment against the plaintiff herein.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:45.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-27.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"">3.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></i><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">The judgment was against the weight of the evidence adduced at the trial.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraph