TONY JUSTICE ADAMAH vs. NAA ADUTSO FAMILY AND IBRAHIM JAJAH [2019]DLHC10345

Date	2019-01-09
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0157/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC10345

HER LADYSHIP JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS)

C. A. CHAMBERS FOR THE PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT.

ALFRED AGYEI-MENSAH FOR THE DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS./JA/

[2019]DLHC10345
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >TONY JUSTICE ADAMAH<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>NAA ADUTSO FAMILY AND IBRAHIM
JAJAH<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:
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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">(DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:
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none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">[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;">

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:
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solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm;mso-padding-alt:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">SUIT NO. LD/0157/2018&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; DATE: 9TH JANUARY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>C. A. CHAMBERS FOR THE
PLAINTIFF/APPLICANT.<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;">

ALFRED AGYEI-MENSAH FOR THE
DEFENDANTS/RESPONDENTS./JA/<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p>HER
LADYSHIP, JUSTICE ANANDA J. AIKINS (MRS)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="border-top-width: 1.5pt; border-top-color: windowtext; border-left: none; border-bottom-width: 1.5pt; border-bottom-color: windowtext; border-right: none; padding: 1pt 0cm;">

<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:
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</div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" align="center" style="margin:0cm;margin-bottom:
.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-align:center;line-height:115%;mso-pagination:
none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none">&nbsp;RULING
ON MOTION ON NOTICE FOR INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION<o:p></o:p>Order
25 rule 1 (1) of the High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 2004 (C.1. 47) provides as follows:<o:p></o:p>“The
Court may grant an injunction by an interlocutory order in all cases in which
it appears to the Court to be just or convenient to do so, and the order may be
made either unconditionally or upon such terms and conditions as the Court
considers just”.<o:p></o:p>It is under this rule that the
Plaintiff/Applicant, hereinafter called the Applicant, brought the present
application for interlocutory injunction against the Defendants/Respondents
hereinafter called the Respondents to restrain them and their agents or privies
from interfering with the Applicant’s possession of the land which is the
subject matter of the substantive suit pending the final determination of the
suit.<o:p></o:p>In the substantive suit, the Applicant
claimed among other reliefs a declaration that he is the beneficial owner of
seven (7) plots of land lying and situate at a place in Accra called Ablor-Adjei.
He claimed he initially bought the plots of land from the Odartey Sro family
and was issued with a deed of lease dated 21st October, 2004, and
that thereafter another family by name Numo Nmashie, also claimed ownership of
the said plots and the said family also issued him with a lease document. Again
thereafter, the 1st Defendant/Respondent also entered the land and
claimed ownership of same.<o:p></o:p>The Applicant said he negotiated with
the Respondents concerning the same land and it was agreed that the Applicant
pays a sum of Two Hundred and Sixty Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢260,000.00) as the
total price for the seven (7) plots. The Applicant said he had paid a total
amount of Sixty-Four Thousand Ghana Cedis (GH¢64,000.00) to the Respondents for
which he had been issued with receipts.<o:p></o:p>He also said he had agreed with the
Respondents to pay the value of the land by instalments and yet the Respondents
had reneged on the said agreements and had entered the land with a bulldozer,
graded about four (4) plots of the land for the commencement of some
construction works and that they had told the Applicant that they would only
give him two and a half plots of the land. <o:p></o:p>