STEPHEN OBENG YEBOAH AND MAAME POKUAAH (DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS) vs. NANA APRAKU MENSAH (PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT) [2019]DLCA7807

STEPHEN OBENG YEBOAH AND MAAME POKUAAH (DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS) vs. NANA APRAKU M... [2019]DLCA7807

Date	2019-04-29
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/39/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA7807

OWUSU J.A. (PRESIDING)

DZAMEFE J.A. WELBOURNE J.A.

F.K. BOUR FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS

[2019]DLCA7807
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >STEPHEN OBENG YEBOAH AND MAAME POKUAAH<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;color:#00B0F0">vs.<o:p></o:p>NANA APRAKU MENSAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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.: 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; &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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F.K.
BOUR FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS<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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OWUSU
J.A. (PRESIDING), DZAMEFE J.A. WELBOURNE J.A.<o:p></o:p>

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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>