GIFTY OFORIWA ADDO (1ST PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) NUNGUA STOOL (2ND PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) vs. PATRICK NUTOR (DEFENDANT/APPELLANT) [2019]DLCA7772

GIFTY OFORIWA ADDO (1ST PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) NUNGUA STOOL (2ND PLAINTIFF/RESPON... [2019]DLCA7772

Date	2019-05-16
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO: H1/225/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA7772

HONYENUGA JA (PRESIDING)

LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS) JA

POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA

CHARLES BENTUM FOR 1ST PLAITNIFF/RESPONDENT

J. AMENUVOR FOR DEFENANT/APPELLANT

MAWTS DJANDU FOR 2ND PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

[2019]DLCA7772
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >GIFTY OFORIWA ADDO<o:p></o:p>(1ST PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>NUNGUA STOOL<o:p></o:p>(2ND 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>PATRICK NUTOR<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>[COURT
OF APPEAL, 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 NO: H1/225/2018&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; &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: 16TH MAY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>CHARLES
BENTUM FOR 1ST PLAITNIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>J.
AMENUVOR FOR DEFENANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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MAWTS
DJANDU FOR 2ND PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT<o:p></o:p>

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HONYENUGA
JA (PRESIDING), LOVELACE-JOHNSON (MS) JA, POKU-ACHEAMPONG JA<o:p></o:p>

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</div>HONYENUGA, JA<o:p></o:p>On
the 16th day of June 2017, the High Court, Land Division, Accra
entered judgment for the plaintiffs upon their claims and dismissed the
counterclaim of the defendant.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Aggrieved
with the decision of the High Court, the defendant/appellant filed an appeal to
this Court based on the following grounds:-<o:p></o:p>a.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The judgment is against the
weight of evidence.<o:p></o:p>b.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Judge erred in law in
failing to determine whether there was indeed a person called Gifty Oforiwa Addo
before the Court as the 1st plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>c.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Judge erred when she
declared the Nungua Stool the owners of the land in dispute and as such the 1st
plaintiff the owner of the land when the reliefs being sought by the 1st
plaintiff was for a grant from the Ashong Mlitse Family and not the 2nd
plaintiff, the Nungua Stool.<o:p></o:p>d.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Judge erred when she
concluded that 1st plaintiff’s land title certificate was issued on
a lease executed between the 1st plaintiff and the 2nd
plaintiff when by the evidence the land ti</main>