DOMINIC ADADE SUING PER HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY AUGUSTUS ADADE vs. JOSEPH NANA OFORI [2019]DLHC8981

Date	2019-06-20
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0457/2016
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8981

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)

NII BRUCE THOMPSON FOR THE PLAINTIFF

KWAKU OSEI ASARE FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC8981
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >DOMINIC ADADE SUING PER
HIS LAWFUL ATTORNEY AUGUSTUS ADADE<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFF)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>JOSEPH NANA OFORI<o:p></o:p>(DEFENDANT)<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. LD/0457/2016&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;DATE:
20TH JUNE, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>NII BRUCE THOMPSON FOR THE
PLAINTIFF <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
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KWAKU
OSEI ASARE FOR THE DEFENDANT <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>On the 18th day of February,
2016 the Plaintiff instituted the present action against the Defendant.<o:p></o:p>The case of the Plaintiff as captured
by his Statement of Claim is that he is a Ghanaian resident in the United
States of America and the Defendant is a resident of Accra.&nbsp; It is also the case of the Plaintiff that he
is the son of the late Mrs. Cecilia Adade who died intestate and the sole
beneficiary of the estate of the deceased.<o:p></o:p>That the late Mrs. Cecilia Adade
acquired a parcel of land which is described in the schedule below from Efe
Quayson.<o:p></o:p>Plaintiff says that Efe Quayson
acquired the land by way of a lease from the Wofa Kweku Trebi Family of
Mempehuasem, Accra in the Greater Accra Region by way of a lease dated
September 1991.<o:p></o:p>That the late Cecilia Adade registered
her proprietory interest in the land at the Land Title Registry, Accra and
obtained a Land Certificate No. GA 14581 dated 19th February, 1996.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff stated that on acquiring
the land, the late Mrs. Cecilia Adade went into possession by placing sand and
stones on the land. And that her ownership to the land was challenged by a
grantee of Kle Musum Quarter of Numo Nmashie Family of Teshie, Accra in an
action titled Cecilia Adade and Another
v Isaac Martey and Others in the High Court, Accra, Suit No. L398/2000 but
the Court gave judgment in favour of Mrs. Cecilia Adade.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiff further averred that on
the death of Mrs. Cecilia Adade, Plaintiff as her only child inherited the
proprietory interest of the deceased in the land.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p>That this is evidenced by a Vesting Assent
dated the 18th day of June 2015 which has been submitted to the Land
Title Registry, Accra as part of an application for the transfer of the title
of the deceased to the Land to Plaintiff.&nbsp;
<o:p></o:p>Plaintiff says that Defendant has for
some time made attempts to take over the land by entering onto it and
demolishing a fence wall around the land, which act was reported to the Police.<o:p></o:p>That the Defendant has recently entered
unto the land and without the consent of Plaintiff placed a metal container for
commercial use on it.<o:p></o:p>Plaintiff says that Defendant by his
action is determined to unlawfully deprive Plaintiff of the land and will not
stop his unlawful acts unless he is restrained by an order of this Court.<o:p></o:p>Based on the facts the Plaintiff claims
against the Defendant the following reliefs:<o:p></o:p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Declara</main>