[2019]DLCA6376 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:115%"><a name="_Hlk9414778"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"; color:#00B0F0">JOHN AGYEKUM & 6 ORS.<o:p></o:p></span></b></a></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"">(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<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-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">NANA AMOATENG II & 6 ORS.<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"">(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></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"">[</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">COURT OF APPEAL</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">, KUMASI</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial">]</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:-67.5pt;margin-bottom: 0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></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" style="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.: H1/62/2018 DATE: 27TH MAY, 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">ASANTE KROBEA WITH HIM EUGENE FILISON KING AND KENNEDY KWARTENG FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom: 1.5pt solid windowtext; padding: 0in 0in 1pt; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 115%; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: none; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">OBENG-MANU JNR. FOR PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENT.<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:<o:p></o:p></span></b></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="MsoNormalCxSpLast" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif"">On 22<sup>nd</sup> December, 2008, the plaintiffs in suit no. TSOL/16/69 issued a writ against the defendants for the following reliefs:</span><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="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 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"">i.<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"">Declaration of title and recovery of possession of plot numbers 17-37 Block ‘C’, 14 & 16 Block ‘C’, 37-40 Block ’1B and Block ‘B’ Abuakwa Kagyase, Kumasi.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 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"">ii.<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"">One hundred and eight thousand, eight hundred and ten Ghana cedis (Gh¢108,810) special damages for destruction of plaintiffs’ fence wall around his twenty (20) building plots together with unused blocks, gravel and sand as well as foundation trenches.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 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"">iii.<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"">General damages for trespass and inconvenience.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space: auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 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"">iv.<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"">Perpetual injunction restraining the defendants whether by themselves, their agents, assigns, workmen or assigns from entering the land for any purpose.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:.75in;mso-add-space:auto; text-align:justify;text-indent:-.5in;line-height:115%;mso-list:l2 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"">v.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal;