EMMANUEL SACKEY (REV.), JOSEPH QUARCOOPOME HANSEN SACKEY AND JAMES JACOB SACKEY (PAA JOE) vs. THE TRUSTEES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH [2019]DLHC8982

EMMANUEL SACKEY (REV.), JOSEPH QUARCOOPOME HANSEN SACKEY AND JAMES JACOB SACKEY... [2019]DLHC8982

Date	2019-07-30
Suit No.	SUIT NO. LD/0398/2017
Citation No.	[2019]DLHC8982

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)

K. AMOFA AGYEMANG FOR THE PLAINTIFFS

AKU SHIKA DADZIE FOR THE DEFENDANT

[2019]DLHC8982
																																						<div class="restriction-wrapper">
														<div class="container-lg">
															<div class="row">
																<div class="col-md-12 restricted-content">
																	<div class="restricted-content-img-wrapper">
																		<div class="lock-icon bounce-7">
																			<img class=""
																				src="https://www.dennislawgh.com/dl-assets/dl-images/lock-content.png"
																				alt="Subscription based content">
																		</div>
																	</div>
																	 
																		<a href="https://www.dennislawgh.com/login"
																		class="btn btn-primary btn-lg"
																		style="font-family: 'open sans'; text-transform: capitalize; border-radius: 8px"> 
																		Login to Read Full Case </a>
																	 
																	
																</div>
															</div>
														</div>
													</div>
													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" >EMMANUEL SACKEY (REV.), JOSEPH QUARCOOPOME HANSEN SACKEY AND JAMES JACOB
SACKEY (PAA JOE)<o:p></o:p>(PLAINTIFFS)<o:p></o:p>vs.<o:p></o:p>THE TRUSTEES OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH<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;
padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">

SUIT NO. LD/0398/2017&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &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 JULY, 2019<o:p></o:p>

</div>COUNSEL:<o:p></o:p>K. AMOFA AGYEMANG FOR THE
PLAINTIFFS <o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">

AKU
SHIKA DADZIE 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;
padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">

HIS LORDSHIP JUSTICE EMMANUEL AMO YARTEY (J)<o:p></o:p>

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;
padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm">

</div><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>On the 4th day of April,
2017 the Plaintiffs instituted the present action against the Defendant.<o:p></o:p>The case of the Plaintiffs as captured
by their Statement of Claim is that they are the lawful owners of the parcel of
land located at Achimota, Accra and described in the schedule below and bring
this action on behalf of the Hansen Sackey Family of Accra and that the
Defendants are the Trustees of the Catholic Church at Achimota, Accra.<o:p></o:p>It is the case of the Plaintiffs that
their family (i.e. The Hansen Sackey Family of Accra) inherited the subject
land from the grandfather of the late James Hansen Sackey by a Will in 1926.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiffs say, in the said Will of
the late Hansen Sackey made in 1926, the disputed property, among others was
devised to the Plaintiffs’ family.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiffs aver that in 1950, the
Native Court, James Town 2B gave judgment in respect of the Will of the late
Hanson Sackey and declared that the disputed land which forms part of a larger
land belongs to the Plaintiff’s family and even the executors of the Will did
not have the right or capacity to grant Achimota Lands mentioned in the Will to
anyone who is not named as beneficiary in the said Will.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiffs also aver that in 1951,
the Supreme Court of the Gold Coast affirmed the Native Court Judgment and in
1953 the West African Court of Appeal also affirmed the Supreme Court of the
Gold Coast Judgment aforesaid in Suit No. WACA CVA 91/52.<o:p></o:p>And that they will refer to all the
judgments aforesaid and other documentation thereon for the full content and
effect.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiffs say in 1992 the Defendant
instituted Suit No. 2187/92, The Trustees of Catholic Church of Accra v J. G
Hansen Sackey &amp; Jaah Engineering Limited which the Plaintiffs’ family
joined to defend their interest in the disputed property.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiffs state that there were
four (4) different suits brought in respect of the Achimota land including the
disputed land which were consolidated but on the orders of the Chief Justice
the consolidated suits were deconsolidated and one of the Suits, No. 154/92 E.
F.A. Sackey &amp; Ors. v J. G Hansen Sackey &amp; Ano. was tried by Justice
Iris May Brown and judgment was given in favour of the Plaintiffs’ family.<o:p></o:p>The Plaintiffs say on the 28th
day of November, 2008, Her Ladyship Mrs. Iris May Brown J. A Sitting as an
additional High Court Judge delivered a judgment and stated that the land forms
part of the Estate of the late James Hansen Sackey of Accra, which has not yet
been distributed to the beneficiaries and made specific orders which are yet to
be fully implemented.<o:p></o:p>Plaintiffs say one of the suits namely;
Suit No. 2189/92, The Trustees of Catholic Church of Accra v J. G. Hansen
Sackey &amp; Jaah Engineering Limited and James Jacob Sackey &amp; 4 Others was
compulsorily withdrawn from the High Court by The Trustees of Catholic Church
of Accra (Plaintiffs therein) and their lawyer Mr. E. S. Goka Esq. and settled
same by a mediator, Lawyer E. N. O. Amegetcher on 25th day of June,
2008.<o:p></o:p>