LEONARD K. A. ACOLATSE AND MRS. JOYCE S. ACOLATSE vs. GREAT COMMISSION CHURCH INTERNATIONAL [2019]DLHC8899

LEONARD K. A. ACOLATSE AND MRS. JOYCE S. ACOLATSE vs. GREAT COMMISSION CHURCH I... [2019]DLHC8899

Date	2019-10-16
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0620/2016
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8899

BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE E. K. BOSOMPEM APENKWAH J.

CHARLES TETTEY WITH DAVID AGYEKUM AND ANTHONY GHATTIE FOR DEFENDANT

ISAAC AIDOO FOR PLAINTIFFS

[2019]DLHC8899
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >LEONARD K. A. ACOLATSE AND
MRS. JOYCE S. ACOLATSE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>GREAT COMMISSION CHURCH INTERNATIONAL<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION 5), 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. LD/0620/2016&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; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DATE:
16TH OCTOBER, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>CHARLES TETTEY WITH DAVID
AGYEKUM AND ANTHONY GHATTIE FOR DEFENDANT &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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ISAAC
AIDOO FOR PLAINTIFFS &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>

</div>CORAM:<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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BEFORE
HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE E. K. BOSOMPEM APENKWAH J.<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On the
24th day of March, 2016, the Plaintiffs took out a Writ of Summon,
which was accompanied by a Statement of Claim against the Defendant seeking the
following reliefs:<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;
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text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6">i.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order for declaration of title over the excess land belonging to the Plaintiffs
that is 2.45 acres described as all THAT PIECE AND PARCEL of land being at
Ashaley Botwe, Accra and with boundaries described and given in the writ.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;
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text-indent:-36.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo6">ii.<span style="font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
An
order perpetually restraining the Defendant, its assigns, privies, agents and
all claiming through the Defendant herein from having anything to do with the
Plaintiffs land.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;
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Costs.<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>There were two later amendments to the
Plaintiffs Statement of Claim and the last amended Statement of Claim was filed
on the 1st day of November, 2016.&nbsp;
In that Statement of Claim, the Plaintiffs sought the following reliefs
from the Court:<o:p></main>