OWUSU KAINING PHILIP vs. DR. DANIEL NARH SIAW AND MR. TETTEH SIAW SAPPOR [2019]DLHC8791

Date	2019-11-20
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LDT/00029/16
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8791

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE ANTHONY OPPONG

NANA AMA AMPONSAH ESQ. FOR PLAINTIFF

ESINE OKUDZETO ESQ. FOR 1ST DEFENDANT

NII AKWEI BRUCE THOMPSON FOR 2ND DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC8791
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >OWUSU KAINING PHILIP<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>DR.
DANIEL NARH SIAW AND MR. TETTEH SIAW SAPPOR<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p>[HIGH COURT, 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. LDT/00029/16&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;DATE: 20TH
NOVEMBER, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NANA
AMA AMPONSAH ESQ., FOR PLAINTIFF&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>ESINE
OKUDZETO ESQ., FOR 1ST DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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NII
AKWEI BRUCE THOMPSON FOR 2ND DEFENDANT<o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:
<o:p></o:p>HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE ANTHONY OPPONG<o:p></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;line-height:115%;
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</div>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>One Ama Serwah (deceased) in her lifetime was alleged to
have acted as the head and trustee of Kaning family of Bonwire near Ejisu in
the Ashanti Region. The said family owned properties including House No. C/643/3
situate at Asylum Down, Adabraka, Accra. Ama Serwah, in her capacity as the
legal representative of the family sued one Siaw Sappor when the latter
allegedly trespassed on the House No. C/643/3. In the said suit number
CCL/34/7, Ama Serwah obtained judgment against Siaw Sappor in 1973 but before
the full benefit of the judgment could be realized, Ama Serwah who was then
quite advanced in age fell gravely sick and she went to her hometown Bonwire near
Ejisu in the Ashanti Region where she subsequently died.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiff alleges that the Kaning family did not know
anything about the said suit and that the Court’s judgment never came to the
attention of the family and that it was recently that the Kaning family
discovered some documents from National archives which gave them lead to locate
the property and the judgment. And so, according to Plaintiff, Siaw Sappor took
undue advantage of the ill-health, age and the eventual death of Ama Serwah to
fraudulently secure and register the property in her name and continued in
occupation, the judgment against her notwithstanding.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiff averred that in the judgment of the Court,
declaration of title was made in favor of Ama Serwah’s family against Siaw
Sappor and the Court also ordered recovery of possession and instead of Siaw
Sappor giving up possession in compliance with the said judgment, she rather
fraudulently secured a deed of gift and registered same in an attempt to
perpetuate her stay in the property and that Defendant is not permitted by law
to rely on the said contemptuous and fraudulent conduct to assert both legal
and equitable interest, notwithstanding the length of time that the late Siaw
Sappor and her descendants may have been in occupation of the property.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>Plaintiff in a dual capacity as the administrator of the Estate
of Ama Serwah and as Head of Kaning family of Bonwire alleged fraud on the part
of Siaw Sappor in having the property registered in her name in spite of the
judgment against her. Plaintiff has actually sued the Defendants for the
following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order for recovery of possession of house no. C/643/3 at Adabraka, Accra<o:p></o:p>2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;