KOFI ANUM FAMILY & ANOR. vs. FALCON CREST INVESTMENT & 2 ORS. [2019]DLHC10291

Date	2019-03-19
Suit No.	NO. LD/0148/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC10291

HER LADYSHIP ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS).

[2019]DLHC10291
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >KOFI ANUM FAMILY &amp; ANOR.<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>FALCON CREST INVESTMENT &amp; 2 ORS.<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, ACCRA]<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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LD/0148/2018&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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: 19TH
MARCH, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p><div style="border-top: none; border-right: none; border-left: none; border-image: initial; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; padding: 0cm 0cm 1pt;">

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LADYSHIP ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS).<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;The
plaintiffs/applicants have requested this Court for an order of interlocutory
injunction against the defendants/respondents to restrain them from dealing
with the land which is the subject matter of the substantive suit. The
applicants claim that the land in dispute forms part of a larger tract of land in
respect of which the superior Courts namely the High Court, Court of Appeal and
the Supreme Court have decreed various judgments in favour of the first
plaintiff family.<o:p></o:p>The
applicants further say that notwithstanding the said judgments, the third
defendant/respondent has purportedly granted portions of the land to the first
and second defendants/respondents who are fast developing same. The applicants
also say that the respondents have caused massive destruction on the land by
demolishing existing structures on the land.<o:p></o:p>The
respondents on their part have vehemently opposed the present application and
have asked the Court to dismiss same for lack of merit.<o:p></o:p>This
Court has carefully considered the affidavits of both parties, including all
the supplementary ones plus all the annexures/exhibits and the Court is in
doubt as to whether both parties are talking about the same land. This is
because while the judgments that the applicants are relying on talk about land
at a place called Tesa, the respondents are also claiming that their land is
situated at a place called Okpoi Gonno. <o:p></o:p>Since
this Court is yet to start a trial in this matter, the Court will hesitate in
granting the discretionary remedy of interlocutory injunction because the Court
is in doubt as to whether the parties herein are indeed talking about the same
land. This Court will therefore not grant the application for interim
injunction. However, the Court orders the respondents to give an undertaking to
compensate the applicants in the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH₵200,000.00)
in the event that it turns out that the respondents are not entitled to the
land. The undertaking is to be filed within seven days from the date of this
order.<o:p></o:p>The
Court also orders a Composite Plan of the land to be drawn by the Survey and
Mapping Division of the Reginal Office of the land Commission to aid the Court
in the identification of the land.<o:p></o:p>The
parties herein are to file their respective survey instructions within two
weeks from the date of this order.&nbsp; The
Court also orders that the cost of the Composite Plan is to be borne equally by
the parties herein.<o:p></o:p>(SGD)<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS
(MRS)<o:p></o:p>JUSTICE OF THE HIGH COURT<o:p></o:p>

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