AGYEI SEFA AND ALHAJI ISSAH AMAMFO vs. OWUSU AFRIYIE AND NATHAN OTI ANIM [2019]DLCA8673

Date	2019-07-02
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL: H1/10/2019
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8673

F. G. KORBIEH JA (PRESIDING)

M.M. AGYEMANG (MRS.) JA

M. A. WOOD (MRS.) JA

NICHOLAS ADDAE TWENEBOAH FOR PLAINTIFFS / APPELLANTS

DOMINIC HAMMOND FOR DEFENDANTS / RESPONDENTS

[2019]DLCA8673
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >AGYEI SEFA AND ALHAJI ISSAH AMAMFO<o:p></o:p><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr>(PLAINTIFFS/APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:107%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,serif;
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 color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p>OWUSU AFRIYIE AND NATHAN OTI ANIM<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[COURT OF APPEAL,
 KOFORIDUA]<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:
 H1/10/2019&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE: 2ND JULY, 2019<o:p></o:p>
 </div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NICHOLAS ADDAE TWENEBOAH FOR PLAINTIFFS / APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 DOMINIC HAMMOND FOR
 DEFENDANTS / RESPONDENTS <o:p></o:p>
 </div><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;
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 &quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 F. G. KORBIEH JA
 (PRESIDING), M.M. AGYEMANG (MRS.) JA, M. A. WOOD (MRS.) JA <o:p></o:p>
 </div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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 <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;
 margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal;
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 mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>
 </div>AGYEMANG
JA:<o:p></o:p>In this
appeal against the judgment of the High Court Koforidua, delivered on the 25th
day of January, 2017, the plaintiffs/appellants seek a setting aside of the judgment
at the court below, and such other orders as this court deems fit.<o:p></o:p>The appeal
has been brought on the sole ground that the judgment of the court below was
against the weight of the evidence led. <o:p></o:p>The matters
that have given rise to the instant appeal are the following:<o:p></o:p>The
plaintiffs/appellants (hereafter referred to as the plaintiffs), are the
paternal grandchildren of the late Nana Agyekumhene and alleged owners of the
property contained in the estate of the said paternal grandparent. They brought
suit against the first and second defendant/respondents (hereafter referred to
as the first and second defendants) seeking inter alia: a declaration of their
family’s title and ownership of land situate at Suhum/Akwadum road or Agyemkumhene
Akura; recovery of possession thereof; recovery of possession of a house
described as numbered EF/A140 Effiduase, and a perpetual injunctive relief
&nbsp;restraining the defendants and their privies
from entering the land or doing anything thereon inconsistent with their
ownership thereof. <o:p></o:p>In their
pleading, the plaintiffs alleged that the first defendant who had been
appointed caretaker of properties acquired by the said Nana Agyekumhene
(deceased), had wrongfully sold land forming part of the estate to developers.
One of the said alleged wrongful purchasers was the second defendant. &nbsp;The plaintiffs further alleged that as alleged
caretaker of house numbered EF/A140, the first defendant had let some rooms to
tenants, without accounting to the plaintiffs. <o:p></o:p>The parcel of
land in dispute was described as all that piece or parcel of land at
Suhum/Akwadum road or Agyekumhene Akura, bounded by the properties of Ohenemaah
Fosua; Opanin Kwasi Donkor; Mame Fokuo; Abena Dapaah; Mama Ataa; Kofi Afi;
Opanin Agyeman; Mame Asantewaa; Opanin Kwabena Gyasi, and Opanin Appea Adu.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>