DR. ERIC GRAHAM & ANOTHER (PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS) vs. VIVIAN AKU BROWN-DANQUAH & 3 ORS (DEFENDANTS/ RESPONDENTS) [2019]DLCA7762

DR. ERIC GRAHAM & ANOTHER (PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS) vs. VIVIAN AKU BROWN-DANQUAH &... [2019]DLCA7762

Date	2019-01-31
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL N0: H1/93/2017
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA7762

A. M. DORDZIE JSC (PRESIDING

F. G. KOBIEH JA

I. O. TANKO AMADU JA

HUBERT SAVOR FOR APPELLANTS BEING LED BY GEORGE AGBEKO.

PROSPER NYAHE FOR THE DEFENDANTS / RESPONDENTS.

[2019]DLCA7762
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DR. ERIC
GRAHAM &amp; ANOTHER<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS)<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>VIVIAN AKU
BROWN-DANQUAH &amp; 3 ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/ RESPONDENTS)<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 N0: H1/93/2017&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 31ST
JANUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>HUBERT
SAVOR FOR APPELLANTS BEING LED BY GEORGE AGBEKO.<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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PROSPER
NYAHE FOR THE DEFENDANTS / RESPONDENTS.<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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A.
M. DORDZIE JSC (PRESIDING, SITTING AS ADDITIONAL JUSTICE OF APPEAL), F. G. KOBIEH
JA, I. O. TANKO AMADU JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>A.
M. DORDZIE, JSC:<o:p></o:p>This
action is about a piece of land situate at East of Boi village in the Greater
Accra Region. It is particularly described in the schedule to the writ of
summons as “all that piece of parcel of land situate and lying at Boi in the
Greater Accra Region of Ghana and containing an approximate area of 34.658
hectares (85.635 acres) more or less which is more particularly delineated on
survey plan N0 Z5913 and covered by land certificate N0 GA 31351, VOL. 06
Folio138 dated 22nd December 2009”.<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiffs contend they have been in peaceful possession of the property until
the defendants forcibly entered, a few months before the institution of the
action and started selling off portions of the property to third parties. The
plaintiffs therefore instituted an action in the High Court, Lands Division on
the 12th of November 2013 for the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration of title to the parcel
of land as described above. <o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Perpetual injunction
restraining the defendants, their agents, assigns, privies, workmen and
servants from dealing with the land in any way detrimental to the interest of
the plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery of possession<o:p></o:p>d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Damages for trespass<o:p></o:p>e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Cost.<o:p></o:p>The
summary of facts averred to by the plaintiffs in the statement of claim to support
their claims are that they are owners in possession of the parcel of land
descri</main>