KWABENA SAFO NYANOR vs. ELSIE NANA AMA OBUOBI [2019]DLHC16505

Date	2019-05-19
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0995/2018
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC16505

HIS LORDSHIP K. A. GYIMAH

GYEBI NTEM-MENSAH FOR PLAINTIFF.

NASHIRU YUSSIF FOR DEFENDANT.

[2019]DLHC16505
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >&nbsp;KWABENA SAFO
NYANOR <o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>ELSIE NANA AMA
OBUOBI <o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH
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SUIT NO. LD/0995/2018&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;&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&nbsp;MAY 2020<o:p></o:p>

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JUDGMENT<o:p></o:p>

</div>&nbsp;Introduction<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;This case brings
to the fore issues with respect to who is the rightful person to validly
alienate Amrahia lands.&nbsp; Both parties to
this suit are ad idem that the land in dispute belongs to the Nii Amoah
Okromansah family of Amrahia. While the plaintiff claims that the rightful head
of the said family is Nii Ashong Kojo III from whom he got his grant in 2015,
the defendant asserts that the current head of the Nii Amoah Okromansah family
of Amrahia is Powell Abraham Ashirifi Gogo but at the time she acquired the
land in the year 2008, the rightful head was Nuumo Emmanuel Amenong Kwashie.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>&nbsp;Plaintiff’s Case<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;It is the
plaintiff’s case that he acquired the land in dispute from the Nii Amoah
Okromansah family in the year 2015 through its lawful head Nii Ashong Kojo III
who also doubles as the chief of Amrahia. His search at the Lands Commission
revealed that the land belonged to his grantor family headed by Nii Ashong Kojo
III. The said Nii Ashong Kojo III gave him a letter of consent to enable him
register his documents at the Lands Commission. The plaintiff avers that in
August 2015, he realised that the land had been encroached upon by the
defendant acting through one Kwame Obuobi, her attorney in this suit. He
informed his grantor Nii Ashong Kojo III and further made a report to the
Police.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The parties were
invited to the Police where all of them were asked to produce their respective
documents covering the land in dispute. Both parties complied and one of the
documents that was produced by the defendant was a supposed letter of consent
from Nii Ashong Kojo III. When Nii Ashong Kojo III came to the Police Station,
he affirmed his grant of the land to the plaintiff and the subsequent issuance
of a letter of consent in the plaintiff’s favour. He however denied making any
grant to the defendant or giving her any letter of consent. He thus asserted
that the letter of consent that the defendant produced was a forgery as the
format of that letter was different from the format of letters of consent
emanating from him.&nbsp; The plaintiff also
asserts that Nii Ashong Kojo III objected to the registration of the land in
the defendant’s name.<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The plaintiff
further states that the defendant has ignored all warnings to desist from her
acts of trespass but the defendant has rather continued her acts of trespass
and it is only the court that can order the defendant to cease her acts of
trespass.&nbsp; The plaintiff therefore claims
the following reliefs against the defendant:<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;
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