ANTHONY SFEIR (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. DANIEL SFEIR (1ST DEFENDANT) MARTIN TAWIAH (2ND DEFENDANT/APPELLANT) [2019]DLCA7746

ANTHONY SFEIR (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. DANIEL SFEIR (1ST DEFENDANT) MARTIN TAW... [2019]DLCA7746

Date	2019-10-28
Suit No.	SUIT NO. H1/06/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA7746

MARIAMA OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE J. A.

WELBOURNE (MRS) J. A.

KWABENA YEBOAH ASUAMA JNR. FOR 2ND DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

DENNIS KUMAH KWAKYE FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.

[2019]DLCA7746
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >ANTHONY SFEIR<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>DANIEL SFEIR<o:p></o:p>(1ST DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>MARTIN TAWIAH<o:p></o:p>(2ND
DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<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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SUIT
NO. H1/06/2019&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; &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
OCTOBER, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>KWABENA
YEBOAH ASUAMA JNR. FOR 2ND 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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DENNIS
KUMAH KWAKYE 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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MARIAMA
OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING), DZAMEFE J. A., WELBOURNE (MRS) J. A.<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>The Background:<o:p></o:p>This is an
appeal against the decision of ruling of the Circuit Court, Berekum, dated the 12th day of April, 2018.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff/Respondent caused a writ
of summons to be issued against the 1st and 2nd
Defendants claiming the following reliefs;<o:p></o:p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;
 mso-list:l12 level1 lfo1">A declaration that all that piece
 and parcel of land known as plot number 66, Block B, Sector 1, Berekum is
 the property of the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="2" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;
 mso-list:l12 level1 lfo1">General damages for trespass<o:p></o:p></li>
 <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;
 mso-list:l12 level1 lfo1">Recovery of possession of all that
 piece and parcel of land unlawfully encroached upon by the Defendants as a
 result of the said trespass on the Plaintiff’s land described in relief
 (a) supra.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="4" type="a">
 <li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%;
 mso-list:l12 level1 lfo1">An order of perpetual injunction restraining
 the Defendants, their agents, labourers, heirs, assigns, workmen and any
 persons claiming through them in any way or manner dealing or interfering
 with the land part of which is in dispute.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The Facts of the case according to the Plaintiff/Respondent:<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff’s case is that he
acquired the plot in dispute as part of the estate of his deceased father in
1999 before he sought to regularize the documentation on the land at the Lands
Commission, Sunyani, the stat</main>