CEPHAS JUDAS SELASSIE vs. VIDA OFOSUA SOMUAH & ORS [2019]DLHC8979

Date	2019-04-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO. FAL/161/2013
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8979

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)

AWUKU ATAKLI FOR PLAINTIFF

RAPHAEL ALIJINA FOR DEFENDANTS

[2019]DLHC8979
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >CEPHAS JUDAS SELASSIE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>VIDA OFOSUA SOMUAH &amp; ORS<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANTS)<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>[HIGH COURT (LAND DIVISION 7), 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. FAL/161/2013&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:
30TH APRIL, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>AWUKU ATAKLI FOR PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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RAPHAEL
ALIJINA FOR DEFENDANTS <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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HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)<o:p></o:p>

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</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>At the close of pleadings the parties
joined the following issues for which reason the Court set down same for determination:<o:p></o:p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether or not Plaintiff’s grantor, Nii
Abbey Obokwashie IV had capacity to grant the disputed land to the Plaintiff.<o:p></o:p>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether or not before the Plaintiff
allegedly acquired the land, he had prior notice of Defendants’ title and their
presence on the disputed land;<o:p></o:p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether or not Plaintiff allegedly
registered the documents through fraudulent means;<o:p></o:p>d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether or not Defendants acquired the
disputed land from the Abbeyman and Oshiuman stools/families;<o:p></o:p>e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether or not in the absence of a substantive
head of the Abbeyman family, the Queen Mother has been acting as head of the
family.<o:p></o:p>f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Whether or not the disputed land is a
fully developed community.<o:p></o:p>