STEPHEN OBENG YEBOAH & ANOTHER vs NANA APRAKU MENSAH [2019]DLCA6369

Date	2019-04-29
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/39/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA6369

OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE J.A.

WELBOURNE J.A.

F.K. BOUR FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS

[2019]DLCA6369
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >STEPHEN OBENG YEBOAH &amp; ANOTHER<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;
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mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:115%">vs<o:p></o:p>NANA APRAKU MENSAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL, KUMASI]<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.:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; H1/39/2018&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: 29TH APRIL, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL: <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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BOUR FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING), DZAMEFE J.A., WELBOURNE
J.A.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>MARIAMA OWUSU, J.A.<o:p></o:p>On
21st March, 2017, the High Court, Kumasi gave judgment for the
plaintiff against the defendants.&nbsp; The
trial court held among other things as follows:<o:p></o:p>“I therefore hold that the plaintiff
have succeeded to prove his case, by the preponderance of probabilities as
enshrined in our Evidence Law in Section 11 (4) of Act 323 of 1975.&nbsp; I therefore declare plaintiff ownership to
all that piece and parcel of land situate, lying and being at Sabronum on the
land, etc.See relief 1 of the docket.<o:p></o:p>I enter judgment in favour of
plaintiff on his relief 1, 2 and 4.&nbsp; I
cannot enter judgment for plaintiff on relief 3 since there is no evidence on
record to substantiate that relief.”<o:p></o:p>Dissatisfied
with the decision of the High Court, the defendants mounted this appeal on the
following grounds:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; That the judgment is against the
weight of evidence.<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Additional grounds may be filed on
receipt of the records of proceedings.<o:p></o:p>On
26th October, 2017, the defendants filed Additional Ground of
Appeal.<o:p></o:p>That
the trial Judge erred when he failed to establish the features marking the
boundary between the plaintiff/respondent and the defendants/appellants.<o:p></o:p>Reliefs being sought:<o:p></o:p>That the judgment dated 21stMarch,
2017 be set aside and judgment entered for defendants/appellants.<o:p></o:p>Before
dealing with the arguments advanced for and against this appeal, I will give a
brief background of this case.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiff/respondent (hereinafter referred to as plaintiff) issued this writ
for himself and on behalf of his brothers and sisters for the following reliefs
against the defendants/appellants (hereinafter referred to as 1st
and 2nd defendants) jointly and severally for:<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A declaration that ownership to all
that piece and parcel of land situate, lying and being at Sabronum on a land
popularly known as Aponaponono and sharing boundaries with the properties of
the plaintiff, Afua Konadu, Afua Baah and Sabronum Aponapono Old Motor road<o:p></o:p>