MADAM COMFORT OFEIBEA DODOO (DECEASED) (SUBSTITUTED BY: MADAM VIVIAN NAA KWAMA ANKRAH) vs. NII OKAI DORWOSO LOKKO (DECEASED) (SUBSTITUTED BY: DEITSEI DJANIE) (DECEASED) (SUBSTITUTED BY: ISSAH ADAMAH OKINE) [2019]DLCA8832

MADAM COMFORT OFEIBEA DODOO (DECEASED) (SUBSTITUTED BY: MADAM VIVIAN NAA KWAMA... [2019]DLCA8832

Date	2019-12-19
Suit No.	APPEAL NO.HI/135/2014
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8832

AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON JSC (PRESIDING)

B.F. ACKAH-YENSU J.A

I. O. TANKO AMADU J.A

JACOB A. SAMPSON ESQ. (FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)

EKOW DADSON ESQ. (FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)

[2019]DLCA8832
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >MADAM COMFORT OFEIBEA DODOO (DECEASED)
(SUBSTITUTED BY:&nbsp; MADAM VIVIAN NAA KWAMA
ANKRAH)<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT/
APPELLANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NII OKAI DORWOSO LOKKO (DECEASED)
(SUBSTITUTED BY:&nbsp;&nbsp; DEITSEI DJANIE) (DECEASED)
(SUBSTITUTED BY:&nbsp;&nbsp; ISSAH ADAMAH OKINE)<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/ RESPONDANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</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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APPEAL
NO.HI/135/2014&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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:&nbsp; 19TH DECEMBER
2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>JACOB
A. SAMPSON ESQ. (FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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&nbsp;EKOW
DADSON ESQ. (FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT)<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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AVRIL LOVELACE-JOHNSON JSC (PRESIDING), B.F.
ACKAH-YENSU J.A, I. O. TANKO AMADU J.A<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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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>TANKO AMADU J.A<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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-36.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
This appeal is from the judgment of the High
Court Accra, dated the 21st day of December 2012. <o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
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-36.0pt;line-height:150%;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
In the High Court Accra, the Plaintiff/Respondent
(hereinafter referred to as ‘the
Respondent’) commenced an action against the Defendant/Appellant (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Appellant’)
and by series of amendments to the original writ and statement of claim sought
reliefs set out in the last amended writ endorsed as follows:-<o:p></o:p>“The Plaintiff’s claim on
behalf of the Atowe family of Abola against &nbsp;&nbsp;the Defendant:-<o:p></o:p>(1)
A declaration of title to all that piece or parcel of land <o:p></o:p>referred
to as Atoman Lands’ lying, situate and being at Atoman near Amasaman and
covering an approximate area of 340.7 acres.<o:p></o:p>(2)
Recovery of possession of the said land.<o:p></o:p>(3)
Damages for trespass.<o:p></o:p>(4)
An order of perpetual injunction to restrain the Defendant <o:p></o:p>her
agent, servants, workmen and/or assigns from in any way interfering with the
Atowe family lands save as permitted by Customary Law as a member of the
family.<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:
10.0pt;margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:justify;text-indent:
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RESPONDENT’S CASE IN THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>In an amended statement of claim, the
Respondent traced the ancestral history of the ‘Atoman’ lands in dispute
and its boundaries and asserted that the land which comprises approximately 340.7
acres bounded on the North by Kuntunse Village, on the South by Amasaman
Village, and on the East by M</main>