[2019]DLCA8686 Login to Read Full Case <span style="font-size: 18px !important;"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">KWESI SAAKWA (SUBSTITUTED BY:<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>KOBINA ATTA & ANOR.)<o:p></o:p></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><w:sdtpr></w:sdtpr></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(PLAINTIFFS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua"; color:#00B0F0;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">vs.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">AMANI KETEWA & 7 ORS.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(DEFENDANTS/ APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; color:#00B0F0">SAMUEL ABBEY</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#00B0F0"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">(DEFENDANT/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:105%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">[COURT OF APPEAL, CAPE COAST]<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">CIVIL APPEAL NO.H1/11/19<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">DATE: 30</span><sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">TH</span></sup><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">JULY, 2019</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif">ROLAND A.K. HAMILTON ESQ.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">RAPHAEL ALIJINA ESQ.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>FOR 1<sup>ST</sup> TO 7<sup>TH</sup> DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Book Antiqua";mso-bidi-font-family:"Book Antiqua";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">CORAM:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">IRENE CHARITY LARBI MRS. J.A (PRESIDING), L. L. MENSAH (J.A), ANGELINA M. DOMAKYAAREH MRS. (J.A)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></b></span></p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt; padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:normal; mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none; border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm; mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif; mso-ansi-language:EN-GB">JUDGMENT</span></b><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-fareast-font-family: "Arial Unicode MS";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p> </div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><u style="text-underline:thick"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">Irene Charity Larbi<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>(Mrs)</span></u></i><u style="text-underline:thick"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"> J.A.</span></u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:150%; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Californian FB",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Californian FB";mso-bidi-font-family:"Californian FB""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">(1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">This is an appeal against the ruling of the High Court, Agona Swedru dated 19<sup>th</sup> January, 2018 which dismissed the application for interlocutory injunction filed by the 1<sup>st</sup> to 7<sup>th</sup> Defendants and instead restrained them Defendants from dealing with the land in dispute. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:0cm;line-height:150%; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Californian FB",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Californian FB";mso-bidi-font-family:"Californian FB""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">(2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">The brief facts of the case are as follows</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%; font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-bidi-font-family:"Calibri Light"; mso-bidi-theme-font:major-latin">:-<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal"><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:150%"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif">On 3<sup>rd</sup> October, 2013 the original 1<sup>st</sup> Plaintiff issued a writ against the 1<sup>st</sup> to 7<sup>th</sup> Defendants for declaration of title to a piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being at Gomoa Nkrang near Milani Farms, damages for trespass, recovery of possession and perpetual injunction to restrain the Defendants, their agents privies etc. from interfering with the Plaintiffs property rights.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;line-height:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:0cm;ma