EMMANUEL TAWIAH AGBOGBATEY AND JOSEPH TETTEH AGBOGBATEY vs. NENE TSATU PEDIATOR IV, NENE AGIDI AHAVIATSE III AND NUMO DANIEL FIERTI [2019]DLCA8840

EMMANUEL TAWIAH AGBOGBATEY AND JOSEPH TETTEH AGBOGBATEY vs. NENE TSATU PEDIATOR... [2019]DLCA8840

Date	2019-11-28
Suit No.	CIVIL APPEAL NO.: H1/87/2017
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8840

B. F. ACKAH-YENSU JA (PRESIDING)

I. O. TANKO AMADU JA

AMMA GAISIE JA

ERIC AKWA FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPTS/ RESPONDENTS

EYRAM ASEM FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPLICANTS/APPELLANTS

[2019]DLCA8840
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EMMANUEL TAWIAH AGBOGBATEY AND JOSEPH TETTEH AGBOGBATEY<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS/
APPLICANTS/ APPELLANTS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NENE TSATU PEDIATOR IV,
NENE AGIDI AHAVIATSE III AND NUMO DANIEL FIERTI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/
RESPONDENTS/ RESPONDENTS)<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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CIVIL APPEAL NO.:
H1/87/2017&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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; 28TH NOVEMBER, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>ERIC
AKWA FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPTS/ RESPONDENTS<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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EYRAM ASEM FOR
PLAINTIFFS/APPLICANTS/APPELLANTS<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>B.
F. ACKAH-YENSU JA (PRESIDING), I. O. TANKO AMADU JA, AMMA GAISIE JA<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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</div>B. ACKAH-YENSU, JA<o:p></o:p>In
this appeal against the judgment of the High Court delivered on the 22nd
day of February 2013, the Plaintiffs/Appellants (referred to hereinafter as the
“Appellants”) pray that the judgment of the court below be set aside and
judgment given to them.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>FACTS<o:p></o:p>These
are the matters that have given rise to the instant appeal.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>By
their Statement of Claim, Appellants made a claim for a declaration of title and
ownership of all that parcel of land belonging to the Agbogbatey family as a
gift; general damages for trespass; recovery of possession; and perpetual
injunction to restrain the Defendants/Respondents, who shall also be referred
to hereinafter as the “Respondents”.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>It
is the Appellants’ claim that the land in dispute was gifted to the Appellants’
predecessor by name Tei Agbogbatey Ocansey in 1834 as a reward for assisting
the predecessors of the Respondents to fight the Katamanso, Adidome, Datsutagba
and Atitorwu wars.&nbsp; The Appellants’ case
is that the gift was made by two persons, namely; Nene Neku Humadegbe
(Asafoatsengua) and Akorli Vigbedor (Stool father) of the Respondents’ Clan,
i.e. Kudzragbe Clan, in 1834.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
Respondents have denied these assertions in their Amended Statement of Defence
and Counterclaim and averred that the said Nene Neku Humadegbe and Akorli
Vigbedor were not members of the Kudzragbe Clan and had never occupied the
positions ascribed to them.&nbsp; Further that,
not being members of the Kudzragbe Clan let alone its Asafoatse and Stool
father respectively, they could not have gifted the Appellants land to the said
Tei Agbagbatey Ocansey.&nbsp; That, it is a
historical fact that no war was fought in 1834 and all the wars referred to
were not wars between the Kudzragbe Clan and any other tribe to warrant the
Kudzragbe Clan to solicit the help of any person and subsequently gift lands to
those person as reward.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
Respondents consequently counterclaimed for the following:<o:p></o:p>(a)&nbsp;&nbsp; Declaration of title and recover of
possession of all that piece or parcel of land situate and lying near Big Ada
and bounded as follows:<o:p></o:p>On
the 1st side by the Defendants Clan land and inhabited by the Yaka
family of Tetsonya and the Sleve Stream.&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>On
the 2nd side by the Defendants Clan land formerly occupied by the
Adebesu family but which is now in the possession of the Defendants.<o:p></o:p>On
the 3rd side by the Defendants Clan land occupied by the Djiehorkope
and <o:p></o:p>On
the 4th side the Defendants Clan land occupied by the Mensah family
of Mensahkope.<o:p></o:p>