SAUSAN KASSAR vs. REGINA AKWELEY SAKI AND ISAAC ANTWI [2019]DLCA8874

Date	2019-12-11
Suit No.	SUIT NO.: H1/51/16
Citation No.	[2019]DLCA8874

OFOE J.A. (PRESIDING)

TORKORNOO J. A.

GAISIE J.A.

PETER ZWENNES FOR PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT

NANA KYEKYE DARKO FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT

[2019]DLCA8874
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >SAUSAN KASSAR<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/RESPONDENT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>REGINA AKWELEY SAKI AND ISAAC ANTWI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS)<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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SUIT NO.:
H1/51/16&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: 11TH DEC., 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>PETER
ZWENNES 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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NANA KYEKYE DARKO FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM: <o:p></o:p>OFOE
J.A. (PRESIDING), TORKORNOO J. A., GAISIE J.A.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border-top:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;border:none;
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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>TORKORNOO, J. A:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
Plaintiff/Respondent purchased a piece of land (the land) described in the
indorsement of her Statement of Claim and situate at East Legon Accra from the
La Klanaa Quarter acting by its representative Nii Kotey Amli 111. At the time,
three different interests had been noted in the records of the Lands Commission
and the courts respectively, over the same piece of land. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
first was a gift of the land by one Nii Odai Ayiku to the 1st Defendant
Appellant (1st Appellant). It was dated 23rd September
1973. The second was a gift of the same piece of land by the same Nii Odai Ayiku
to a certain C ..Asamoah dated September 1975. The third interest was a Circuit
Court judgment over a wider piece of land in which the land is included. The
judgment was titled Nii Kotey Amli iii v Rebecca Kufuor with suit number CCL
67/89. It determined that proprietary interest in the stretch of land which was
the subject of the suit stood in the La Klanaa Quarter. The judgment was also
been registered with the Lands Commission.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>According
to the case of the Plaintiff/Respondent in the high court, when she purchased
the land in 2005, she was given an indenture and that is what she submitted for
registration to the Lands Commission. The indenture granted to Respondent
acknowledged the validation of Respondent’s grantors title by the Circuit court
in the law suit. <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>The
case of the Respondent is that she also exercised acts of possession over the
land by allowing a church to clear the land of bush and build facilities for
worship over the land. In 2008, the 2nd Defendant/Appellant entered
the land and commenced construction of a three storey building on the land. Respondent
protested against this activity, and encountered land guards placed on the land
to protect the agents of the Appellants while they built on the land. Unable to
overcome the 2nd Appellant’s activities, she commenced an action for
the following reliefs: <o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declaration
of title to all that piece and parcel of land situate lying and being at East
Legon – Accra in Greater Accra Region containing an approximate of 0.29 acre or
0.12 hectare more or less bonded on the North by Lessor’s Land measuring 89.83
feet more or less on the East by a proposed Road measuring 141.94 feet more or
less on the South by a proposed road measuring 82.66 feet more or less on the
West by a proposed measuring 141.94 feet more or less which piece or parcel of
land is edged pink on the Site Plan.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Recovery
of Possession.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>3.